Three-hand effect
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The three-hand effect is a means of playing on the piano with only two hands, but producing the impression that one is using three hands. Typically this effect is produced by keeping the melody in the
Excerpt from Thalberg's Moïse fantasy illustrating the "three-hand" effect, and indicating use of piano pedals
Klavierübung (Busoni)
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The Klavierübung, by the Italian pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni, is a compilation of piano exercises and practice pieces, comprising transcriptions of works by other composers and original comp
Three-hand effect
…The style became part of the repertoire of many virtuoso pianist-composers of the 19th century. Ferruccio Busoni composed six studies for three hands, "Book 4: 'For Three Hands'" of the second edition of his Klavierübung (published posthumously in 1925), which exhibit different versions of three-hand effect. The studies include…
Title page of the edition in ten volumes