Notturno No. 3 (Liebestraum)
7. Measures 61 – 85
This final section presents yet another orchestration of the main theme, a gentle, harmonious texture featuring a left-hand pattern that crosses over the right from bass to high celestial chords. If you block the right hand into solid chords, as shown below, you’ll notice that the high left-hand chords are the same as the upper three notes of the right-hand chords. This realisation makes the leaps easier to find and, eventually, to memorise. Try this practice method from the full score, continuing through measure 76. The second phrase of this section (measures 67 – 76) features a...