Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

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Swampfox
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Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

Post by Swampfox » Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:30 pm

Hi,
I can do the RH at full speed consistently score 92 - 100%. Left hand is easy on it's own. Yet, keeping it together with the hand changes on both hands is harder than I thought it should be! Anyone else find this a nice step up in difficulty? :) :o

clif9710
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Re: Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

Post by clif9710 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:04 pm

I think I worked on that longer than any other exercise...hundreds of attempts before getting 100%. Never say die! It was proof to me that I really wanted to learn to play the piano in the fact that I didn't end up hating the piece.

chrisecurtis
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Re: Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

Post by chrisecurtis » Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:58 am

Yes, surprisingly tough. It caught me that some of the rhythms are dotted and some straight and I don't know why but keeping right and left hands in sync was very hard.

andrewwegierski
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Re: Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

Post by andrewwegierski » Wed May 22, 2019 12:32 pm

Good stuff guys!! Slow, steady practice with both hands.
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bagelswitch
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Re: Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

Post by bagelswitch » Thu May 13, 2021 4:46 pm

I'm also having a lot of trouble w/ this one. The fingering for "3rd position" is never explained in the lessons, and I haven't come up with a good way to hit that high F# w/out then fumbling the next couple measures . . . any tips?

bagelswitch
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Re: Anyone else find Rookie New World Symphony tricky?

Post by bagelswitch » Fri May 28, 2021 6:59 pm

For what it's worth, I did figure it out and can 100% the song now. After crossing the thumb under middle finger to the A, I shift the whole hand up to hit the D/E/F# sequence ending with the pinky and finish the song in that position - works well enough.

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