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November 7, 2012 at 8:01 pm #61286

maria-jacobsson
Participant

Could anyone suggest a good fingering for the right hand? Thanks!

November 7, 2012 at 11:37 pm #61287

brian-noel
Participant

counts 1 and 2: 1/3 1/4, count 3 1RH 1LH, count 4 and 5 2RH 2LH, count 6 3RH 3LH, etc… Also at “I sall rock thee to my heart”, get some of those notes with the LH (count 2, etc…) by placing the A on count two RH with LH 1, and follow that pattern.. I hope that makes sense. These are Marjorie Call’s markings and they make the movement a lot easier to play.

November 8, 2012 at 12:33 pm #61288

carl-swanson
Participant

I always played that 1/3 2/4, then shift hand position and do the same thing again.

November 8, 2012 at 12:50 pm #61289

kimberly-rowe
Keymaster

Hi everyone! Just a reminder to tag names of pieces in posts like this: @[[ceremony-of-carols:Piece:Ceremony of Carols (Britten, Benjamin)]], that way your forum question will be attached to the piece and people can easily see it if they have the same question. To tag a piece, just type the @ symbol and then begin typing the name of the piece.

My preferred fingering is 1/3 2/4 on beats 1 and 2 and 5 and 6, and using the left hand for the bottom notes on beats 3 and 4.

November 8, 2012 at 3:24 pm #61290

Madeline Blood
Participant

1/3 2/4 1/3 2/4!

November 8, 2012 at 4:24 pm #61291

Alison Reese
Keymaster

Another vote for 1/3, 2/4, repeat…

November 8, 2012 at 7:33 pm #61292

maria-jacobsson
Participant

Wow! Thanks for all the comments! I am going to try all of them to see what works best for me.
Thanks again!

November 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm #61293

David Ice
Member

Email me…..I have a pdf file of my fingering/reworkings.
David Ice
harpdude@cox.net

January 9, 2013 at 6:59 pm #61294

Alison
Participant

All RH – I can manage Bulalulow if I don’t force myself to do 1/3 2/4 all the time which was too difficult and I just gave up. Accomplished players do 1/3 2/4 throughout I notice, so perhaps it takes time to achieve this.

January 10, 2013 at 4:41 am #61295

B Y
Participant

I vote 1/3, 2/4 throughout, but have to use lots of wrist to get it going…fast enough. @[[britten-s-ceremony-of-carols:Performance:Britten’s Ceremony of Carols]]

February 1, 2013 at 5:15 pm #61296

Alison
Participant

I can’t believe it, there’s an ‘aha’ moment with this…. you have to get to know it first, then start looking at the right hand, articulate 1/3 properly and then lo and behold (like Christmas again) your 2/4 easily places on the next chord before 1/3 again and overall less tiring on your brain, eyes and thumb; you get that split-second feeling of time, control and security. Occasional bars can be fingered differently, but the 1/3 2/4 becomes reliable and more relaxed, once you have learnt and understood the RH syntax.
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