So this isn't precisely 'Homework Help'. But it's close enough. ^_~ Below, the first page of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor, which I've been working on lately.
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The question is on the third note of the piece, a chord that reappears at the beginning of each of the next four measures.
As you can see, this chord appears to be D - so, according to key signature, D#. Yet the recording I have of this piece has the pianist playing it as a C#. Am I merely reading the music wrong or is there some sort of open rule as applies to interpretation here?
All thoughts, questions and suggestions welcome - and if I am being laughably stupid on this note and missing some painfully obvious detail, feel free to whack me upside the head. ^_~
(EDIT: Ignore the pencil scribbles between the notes... the deep dreamer was trying to keep track of everything. I suppose I should have deleted it before I scanned it in.)
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