PLEASE help, piano question?

Question

so the time signature is 4/4. there is a really pretty part of the song, but it plays 2 against 3 (even 1+2+3+4+ in the right hand, and triplets (1+-2+-3+-4+-) in the left). any tips on putting these together? i just simply can't get it right.

also, the song is by bach, its opus 118, the second movement and its on the top of the third page.

Answer 1

Are you sure it's not Brahms you're talking about? Intermezzo in A major?



But that's not important.



Here is one way to do this. Get out your metronome. Practice each hand seperately at exactly the same tempo. The idea is to get comfortable with the triplets, and the duplets. Try NOT to think of how they fit together -- that is the road to hell :-) Get comfortable with the flow of the notes.



When each hand is ABSOLUTELY comfortable with its task, put them together, still with the metronome.



Another really good excercise is to play scales in polyrhythms -- one hand in triplets, the other in duplets. Switch which hand plays the triplets when you are comfortable with doing it one way. USE THE METRONOME.



If you look at it as "Oh, I see- the second note of the duplet strikes edxactly in the middle between the 2nd and 3rd note of the treiplet" you will be correct, but you will never play it smoothely with that idea in your head. Avoid it -- really!



It must come naturally.



You WILL get it -- I have faith in you.

Answer 2

Okay I always have a hard time with 2 against 3 also! A Big Help for me was getting away from the piano. Practice by tapping the rhythms on your leg. Hand separate at first until you are sure of each rhythm. Then put it hand together on your legs or table before you even touch the piano.



Also Use the Metronome on the main beat while you practice!

Answer 3

You have to get each hand comfortable with what it needs to do, in a way. Practice the part for each hand seperately. Master the part with your left, then your right hand. Add them together to get the part down. I know my solution sounds very obvious but I've been playing piano for a long time and that's really the only way you can get it down. Seperate the hands and then put them back together, you know?

Answer 4

well what i do when i get suck like dat is play dat measure or measures over and over and over again very slowly till i get the fingerin right then im able to play it stay calm and relaxed it also helps u get it right and if u stil need help try listenin to the song on a cd or somethin and maybe it will help u understand how the notes should be played

Answer 5

That depends is this a composition or a you trying to play it?