how to practice this arpeggio

pseudonym58

Hello, fellow piano enthusiasts!
In the image shown below, the key is e-flat major, and the tempo is approximately 86 to a quarter note. Both hands start in the bass clef. I'm trying to get this arpeggio in both hands to sound even. (I'm not sure whether I'm going to play it ff as indicated or not, but regardless of how loudly I play it, I have trouble getting all of the notes even. I've tried using dotted rhythms, accenting the notes that are less likely to be accurate and tend not to "speak" (typically the Gs right before the position shift in both hands), but I don't seem to be having a whole lot of success. Perhaps someone has a recommendation? (This is a work by Rossini for solo piano.)
Thanks, Kurt

rogerch

I'm not a piano teacher nor am I an expert. Here's my input:

Based on those fingering marks you are trying to connect all of those notes with thumb crossings. The second set of 16ths is marked staccato so this doesn't seem necessary. I suggest playing the first set of 16ths, then picking up both hands and moving them to play the second set of 16ths. Don't do any thumb crossings.

I have heard people suggest avoiding thumb crossings when playing fast arpgeggios even when playing legato...

Sam

Eb major? Thumb on the Gs, not on a black key. 2 and 4 on the black keys. At least, that is what I would do.

Sam

pseudonym58

Doh! (slaps forehead in the best Homer Simpson tradition). That was indeed stupid of me. I was concentrating on where I would end up at the top with the right hand but there's no reason why I can't play the final Eb and G in the right hand with the 4th and 5th finger. Thanks, Sam

BartK

See, this is the reason you have to practice standard arpeggios in all keys. I wouldn't even have thought of the fingering you wrote because the standard one is so ingrained and "obvious" to me for having practiced it so much.