Ständchen Schubert arr. Liszt help
How should this section be played? (The 4th and 5th chords) It appears that I should play it with my hands on top of one another, left over right. Usually if i saw this in another piece of music I would just play the e and c# with my right hand, but this has fingerings specifically written in for the left hand, it’s just an awkward section and I’m unsure about how to play it, any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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The notation is showing the voice leading, but you are absolut free to play the C# (below the triplets) with the right hand hand and the A with the left hand. (This means you exchange the two lower quavers (under the triplets) in the right hand and play them with the l.h. and the two upper quavers of the l.h. and play them with the r.h.
Just play the fourth and fifth chords as 4-note chords with the left hand. They're just Schubertian noodling, without any subtle Brahmsian internal voice leading. This also frees up the right hand to play the melody's triplet more expressively, now that the right hand isn't battling a three-against-two all by itself.
Also, almost all the other fingerings shown in this excerpt are blitheringly obvious. So don't think that the editor has given much thought to them.
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