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Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4

Frédéric Chopin (1,810–1,849)

Key
C-sharp minor
Style
Studies
Level
Licentiate
Roughly
RCM LRCM · ABRSM LRSM · Trinity LTCL · Henle 8
Lesson
Musicianship
Focus
technical study (see title for the specific figure)

What its lesson teaches

L.12 Preserve musical direction at concert-study speed

Prepare Chopin’s complete Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4, keeping the melodic direction and changing hand roles clear inside the fast texture. Reduce a difficult span to its main line and bass before restoring the notes. Rehearse a complete take, identify where clarity changed, and use that evidence to choose the next passage. Alternatively prepare the complete Op. 25 No. 1, projecting its singing line through the flowing figuration, or Op. 10 No. 1, following the bass and harmonic direction through the wide arpeggios. The Three against four card is a separate review example from Fantaisie-Impromptu, not a description of every study offered here.

Technique
  • Chromatic scale from C, hands together, 4 octaves: even fingering at concert-study speed
  • C-sharp harmonic minor scale, hands together, 4 octaves
  • C major moving top voice above held chordal voices, hands together (faster: Licentiate tempo)

Edition and licence

Score: Chopin Institute (NIFC) first editions · CC BY 4.0

Etude No. 4

First Editions of Fryderyk Chopin's Music

Copyright 2017-2021 The Fryderyk Chopin Institute (https://nifc.pl)

Website: https://chopinscores.org

Digital scores: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions

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Source: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/010_1-6-1b-KI-004.krn

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