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2 and 3, both fingers at once. You can see him executing it at 34:08 in the first video.
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Dan Schmidt interesting. Can you explain to me what he seeks to accomplish by this?
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Peter Golemme Good question - I don't know, I just glanced at the video to confirm my guess and didn't even have the volume on at the time. Maybe he explains it there.
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thank you so much!
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He doesn't explain. You might simply see it as a little quirk. Maybe he feels he has more control on this rather important note on top, to play it tenuto style and give it a beautiful sound. Or he simply wants to make sure he doesn't slide off that black key ;-). It is a soft passage, so it's certainly not about power. A good example for the latter would be the very last note in "L'isle joyeuse" deep down in the bass that needs to be played fff.
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Thanks so much for the replies. Re Jan's speculation that perhaps it's about control, I tend to agree, in that, for me, for my hand, it feels right to catch this note with both 2 and 3.
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Hi Everyone!
In this case, indeed it is just a "personal preference" sometimes to really confidently play a note, we support the 2nd finger with the 3rd finger. It is important for louder notes and passages for sure, but sometimes we want to have a firm finger tip for entry into the key on delicate passages.
I can understand in this passage, it "feels nice" to play the key that way!
You can absolutely play it just as beautifully with one finger! :)
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Thanks, Dominic, very helpful!
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I think you can move from 2-3 as you are holding the note helps to keep the time for me anyways
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Thanks!
