![]() ![]() It’s worth paying particular attention to the final four RH semiquavers of each bar so that they are not gabbled or swamped by the texture. Use your fingertips to the sound from the key. Work on achieving a leggiero touch for the RH semiquavers, as well as an elegant melodic shape. Take plenty of time over mastering the LH alone, with as flexible a wrist as you can manage. The entire Fantaise-Impromptu demands considerable finger dexterity from both hands, but especially in the LH. Look at bars 23 and 24 below, where the RH requires a lighter touch and greater clarity on the second and fourth beats of each bar. Lifting the pedal in the middle or at the end of the bar will allow the final group of RH semiquavers to be heard. The challenge is to give a strong profile to the melody in the RH while ensuring that the LH harmony is always clear. The Fantaise-Impromptu requires judicious pedalling. I suggest building up these passages bar by bar but always in tempo. One option is to work out such passages slowly to begin with, but you will have to fit the hands together at speed eventually. It’s never easy to play these rhythms, but knowing each hand separately and in tempo, always helps. Rhythms of three against four are used throughout the piece. ![]() Pianists with small hands sometimes split this octave between the hands for extra safety you don’t want to make a mistake on the first note of the piece! The first C# octave in bar 3 is often performed separated or broken feel free to follow suit. Chopin’s sf marking requires you to draw the sound out of the piano with a complete movement of the whole arm. The agitato should prompt a sense of urgency in the outer sections – but not a tempo so fast that you cannot hear every semiquaver! Bear in mind the Presto conclusion from the outset, and leave something in reserve. The Fantaise-Impromptu begins Allegro agitato. I have loved playing this piece since I was a child, so I felt that it deserved to be featured here. However, they will have to wait a while: the Fantaise-Impromptu requires considerable technical mastery to create a long, continuous line from section to section. It shares with the ‘Minute’ Waltz an immediacy and a joie de vivre it’s a wonderful piece to play simply because it lies so well underneath the fingers, and this is one reason why many pianists want to learn it as soon as they have the technique. There is a magical, enticing quality to the Fantaise-Impromptu. Listen to pianist Chenyin Li's rendition of the Fantaisie-Impromptu below to help you ![]()
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