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In addition to @Lazy's wonderful response: Having enjoyed (attempted?) playing "Claire de Lune" over many decades (non-professionally), there are some obvious practical points that one learns... Namel …

I'm not sure about the 180 pace, but one technical way to get off that octave in the left hand is to "bounce" from the bottom note through the top, to give your left hand some impetus right-ward. (And …

First, as others have noticed, if you are wanting to "sustain" a C-chord sound (for example), on piano you'd have to do something, because the resonance won't last two measure in a typical tempo. … Another point is that, for example, on piano, accompaniments often are based on an easy-vanilla harmonic concept. …

Really just reiterating what others have said: practice. And, don't do anything crazy, thinking that it will increase the "separation" of your fingers, because you may just hurt your hand(s). Apart fr …

Apart from the possibility of some typesetting constraint or error, and in addition to recorded performances by respected pianists, I would also look at the "function" of the notes. If played simultan …

Being a bit older now, though never making a living by playing the piano, I'd think it would be unsustainable to think about playing as a percussive instrument... because your forearms and fingers would …

Apart from "systems"... I think that the main idea is to be soooo familiar with scales (in all keys), chords/arpeggios, and typical chord progressions, so that the bulk of classical music would be jus …

As with the other answers, and as you probably already knew or intuited, the basic patter for descending thirds is 53, 42, 31. Then the question is about the next bit. Often, hitting it with 53 works …

To do the basic and mostly correct thing, as you speculate, the placement of chord symbols tells the moment for change to that chord... and until there's a different symbol, just keep the same. Howev …

If the piece is slow enough, you can get corroboration about your hands' location from feeling the black keys versus white keys... Even in faster tempos, feeling the adjacent keys when your hands "lan …

First, a minor ninth can be fun... but can also be a typo. I have no idea. About the fingering: I myself would try playing the Eb-Bb-Eb to have thumb on the top Eb, and cross over to get my second fin …

Adding to and reiterating other good answers: Try moving your chair/bench farther away from the keyboard, so that playing "right in front of you" in the middle of the keyboard is not awkward. Similarl …

In addition to holding the keyboard in place, and allowing for diagonal stringing... these provide room for playing un-inhibitedly (when appropriate) at the outer ends of the keyboard, without running …

In addition to other good answers: while have a good basic knowledge of scales and chords (and keys!) is very effective in reading Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, "even" Debussy and Stravinsky, for Satie i …

Another possibility is 5-2-1-3-2-3-1-2, which allows the hand to move less... which could be relevant, depending on phrasing. That is, for some people having the 3 and 2 cross over is easier than movi …