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Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: metalheadsimon
Date: 2011-08-10 15:34

Hi guys,

Im looking at performing the entirety of the Poulenc sonata this year in one of my 2 recitals, and am particularly having issues with the last section making the run smooth running up to G# before the final two F#s, despite trying multiple fingerings i am struggling to find one of which i can see myself in the future playing smoothly, so i was just curious as to what fingerings you would use in this passage?

Any help at all will be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Simon

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: Katrina
Date: 2011-08-10 15:42

Here's what I use:

For the F# use the "normal" fingering: TR OXO OOO Eb
For the G# use this: TR OXO XOO Eb

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: metalheadsimon
Date: 2011-08-10 15:44

Thank you so much katrina, i feel a bit useless for not having spotted that myself, but that shall save me hours of worrying

thank you so much

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2011-08-10 16:04

I find preferable:

F# TR OXO OOO
G# TR OXX XXX C#

...because the F# being flat doesn't notice at that speed, and the G# is more stable, being the harmonic of a longer tube.

If the G# is flattish on your instrument, you can substitute:

TR OXX XOX C#

Tony

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: Katrina
Date: 2011-08-10 16:47

I do sometimes use Tony's second G# option actually...The fingering I listed before is the one my teacher wrote in my part in 1983...

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: metalheadsimon
Date: 2011-08-10 17:15

thanks again for all your help

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: 2E
Date: 2011-08-11 12:03

For G# I used Th|oxx'|xoo|F#/C# which worked quite well.

There are heaps of good choices that will work though, it's good to have options

2E

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: metalheadsimon
Date: 2011-08-11 12:05

Thanks for you help 2E the more options i have the more that i can experiment with to find which is most comfortable so all suggestions are greatly welcomed

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Re: Poulenc sonata 3rd movement

Author: GBK
Date: 2011-08-11 12:56

Many good choices -

Tony's options are excellent

I tend to use Katrina's fingering with the addition of the LH (sliver/banana) key.

Thus:

TR O X ' O / X O O Eb

...GBK

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