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I just heard this for the first time just then. It seems like a very fun piece to play!
How difficult is this and where could I find a legal copy of this?
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To play it properly, holding the 8th notes
for the full value in the 4-16th note
figures in the r.h. at speed--in order to get the
benefit of this as a genuine etude--
is difficult. There appear to be different
versions of this, some with even more
8th notes to be held, which would make it
unmanageably difficult. I've heard commercial
recordings where the pianist is apparently
not holding the 8th notes, and you can
hear the difference from the recordings where
the player is apparently holding them.
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Would this be qualified as a Music School Entry piece?
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This is considered one of the easier Chopin etudes. I don't think that it's particularly good for auditions because its so short.
Holding the eighth notes can be helped a little by a VERY LITTLE amount of pedal. I would look up the Cortot exercises for this etude. Then it becomes very manageable.
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I thought the same as well in accordance to Length being a factor.
I usually work very well with the Pedal, so that I may try.
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Originally posted by Gyro:
To play it properly, holding the 8th notes
for the full value in the 4-16th note
figures in the r.h. at speed--in order to get the
benefit of this as a genuine etude--
is difficult. There appear to be different
versions of this, some with even more
8th notes to be held, which would make it
unmanageably difficult. I've heard commercial
recordings where the pianist is apparently
not holding the 8th notes, and you can
hear the difference from the recordings where
the player is apparently holding them. No, seriously why do you write everything like this? Anyways, you're right as usual haha
So, you're a cannibal.
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you might feel a strain in holding your hand on the octave position and swaping with the note & chord parts...other than that, soft and to the point.
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I will certainly agree that this is one of the easiest Chopin etudes. It isn't a good audition piece, as someone said earlier, because of the length. If an etude is required in your audition I would recommend something like the C minor etude, Op. 25, or the A flat major etude.
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