Here, I set out to play rhythmically free with both hands. There are segments of this piece that that have a set rhythm over another, but other spots where both hands are elastic with the time, and I'm flowing in and out of all mentioned.
I have been doing this so long that talking about the process is a little like remembering where I was in July of 1968! But I can say this as the memory is pretty clear - while studying classical piano, Chopin, Liszt, and the impressionistic to present day composers will write figures from basic 4 over 3 or 6, to more difficult odd figures like 15 over 8 or 27 over 15 sometimes over bar lines and such.
To learn to just execute these figures you have to slowly grind the parts together or use a system of dividing it all up sometimes graphically and integrate it into the head and hands. This process can be very repetitive and tedious. At some point after getting a number of these in your hands you can get them to flow out and this is a very rewarding feeling. If it's notation is strictly aligned you can play the notes in the order they appear linearly. Another advanced way to read through a figure is to look at the beginning to the end and go for it! With the pulse in mind of course, get both hands from point A to point B in the right amount of time.
I have been doing this so long that talking about the process is a little like remembering where I was in July of 1968! But I can say this as the memory is pretty clear - while studying classical piano, Chopin, Liszt, and the impressionistic to present day composers will write figures from basic 4 over 3 or 6, to more difficult odd figures like 15 over 8 or 27 over 15 sometimes over bar lines and such.
To learn to just execute these figures you have to slowly grind the parts together or use a system of dividing it all up sometimes graphically and integrate it into the head and hands. This process can be very repetitive and tedious. At some point after getting a number of these in your hands you can get them to flow out and this is a very rewarding feeling. If it's notation is strictly aligned you can play the notes in the order they appear linearly. Another advanced way to read through a figure is to look at the beginning to the end and go for it! With the pulse in mind of course, get both hands from point A to point B in the right amount of time.