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Haydez
Apr 8, 2003

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That's not always true, there are times you'll be playing on the bottom or top staff with both hands but usually it'll either be marked with something like R.H., or it'll be painfully obvious that you couldn't do it with one hand. I can't really think of any examples off the top of my head. I believe quite a bit of Liszt pieces that have runs like that, and I remember it being in a piano solo set of Rhapsody in Blue. It's not common but you'll know when you see it.

In a lot of modern pieces or rag time sometimes you'll see some notes you couldn't possibly hit with your left hand appear on the staff anyway. I think it's probably more of a software/sheet music problem, but either way it's usually obvious. (i.e. your left hand is hitting a low A and there's also a middle-C on the staff, that kind of thing)

Haydez fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jul 23, 2008

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Haydez
Apr 8, 2003

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Also for consistency. A good example is Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique here: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/make-table.cgi?collection=beetson&preview=1 There's a PDF.

The part starts on the bottom line of the 3rd page. The switch between the climbing bass into the climbing treble. All while keeping the waltz-like passage in the left going.

edit: oops, forgot to say scroll down to Sonata No. 8 “Pathétique” (1st Movement: Grave, Allegro molto e con brio)

Haydez fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jul 25, 2008

Haydez
Apr 8, 2003

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Silly question, but are you stepping on the pedal when you power the keyboard on? If you are that is likely the problem, if you're not, give it a try and see if it it reverses it.

Most pedals usually come with a little tiny switch on them to toggle it.

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