Help with Sheet Music

Piano sheet music with an Arpeggio in measure 36

I am relatively new to piano and am trying to learn a song. I have posted a pdf of the sheet music below.

In bar 36, there is a section that has too large of an interval for me to play regularly.

Can you take a look and see if there are any tips for me (If I play the E with my right hand, I can just barely play it although it is quite uncomfortable)

Thanks,
Abdullah

Comments for Help with Sheet Music

Average Rating

Click here to add your own comments

Rating

Answer:
by: Maria

Hi Abdullah! Sounds like a nice piece!

In the left hand in measure 36 on the last beat, there is an Arpeggio.

You can see that it has a curvy line in front of it. This means that you play the notes one by one in a quick movement, normally from the lowest note to the highest.

Here you can use fingers 5-3-1 in your left hand on B-F#-E and play quickly up one note at a time.

Finish the arpeggio of your left hand with the 6th (A and F#) with your right hand.

The rhythm will sound a bit like; Ra-Ta-Ta-Tam, and then you continue forward in the score.

This technique is good to remember in other pieces as well. Sometimes the arpeggio is not marked as here with a curvy line- but a chord may be impossible to play. Then you can break it up like this for example!

Best of luck with your piece!

Maria

Click here to add your own comments

Return to Piano Questions & Answers.