Satie Gymnopédie No. 1 — Score with Lars's Fingerings

The notes are easy. The sound is the hard part — and that's the point.

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Annotated score · printable PDF · for sound study

What You'll Practice

Inside the PDF

  • Lars's fingerings and his hand-division between the two hands.
  • The finger-over technique — fourth over fifth — for legato and freer sound.
  • The una corda pedal as a color choice, not a softening trick.
  • The forte that belongs to the right hand only — left hand stays piano.
Lars Nelissen

Lars Nelissen is a conservatory-trained pianist and teacher in the Netherlands.

He treats easy-looking pieces as the best places to work on sound.