: is essentially in the key of F minor, even if it sounds rather sunny and slightly major! F minor contains marking) should work well. In order for the fingers to flit over the keys swiftly, a helpful practice tool to assimilate note-patterns and fingerings with ease is the ‘blocking-out’ technique: simply play each bar as one chord. In fact, for this particular piece, bars can be ‘blocked-out’ together, as each hand plays the same notes one octave apart. For example, the RH plays C, Ab and F in bar 1, and the LH plays the same, an octave lower, in bar 2. Try to practise the entire piece in this manner. Next, play as written with a firm finger touch and clear pedalling. The final two bars demand that the RH moves over the LH for the beginning of bar 23, and then the LH plays the last F with a powerful touch an octave lower than written in bar 24.
