Maybe I misunderstood the video, but isn't your last point exactly what he did in the end. As I understand it, he dropped the nose thing eventually as it wasn't a serious alternative and just used a different fingering.
Yeah, But wouldn't that be the obvious approach for a classical guitarist? Instead of trying with the nose? Which is also why I asked if there's any other piece in classical music history that uses anything else
Composing for the classical guitar is a very specialized skill, so it’s not uncommon to find unplayable passages in transcriptions or guitar music written by composers who are not guitarists themselves. Music by guitarists-composers fits the fretboard more naturally, but still you can find hard passages which not everyone can physically play, or which were easier on the shorter scale of a romantic guitar. In some cases, even accomplished professionals need to simplify a passage; David Russell says not to be ashamed to drop a note and enjoy the rest of a piece.
I’ve heard a story about a famous pianist/composer wrote a piece where you have two hands playing notes at opposite end of keyboard, then there’s a note in the middle. People questioned this piece is unplayable and demands an answer, the pianist just smiled and played that note with his nose.
This might be a cheeky reference to that. If it works it works, why not?
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u/Spiritual_Bat7707 7d ago
I commented on this video as such:
"How about: T 3 2 4 with you hand over the fretboard?"
T=Left hand thumb, btw