Étude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8

Frédéric Chopin (1,810–1,849)

First published: 1837
Key: D-flat major
Style: Studies
Level: Licentiate
Roughly: RCM LRCM · ABRSM LRSM · Trinity LTCL · Henle 8
Lesson: L.13 Keep double sixths light at speed
Musicianship: L.13 Double sixths
Focus: Double-sixth legato; lateral alignment and release; voice the upper line without stiffening the repeated technical pattern.

What its lesson teaches

L.13 Keep double sixths light at speed

Study the right-hand sixths in bars 1–2 of Chopin’s Étude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8. Practise each line slowly with the fingering you will use, then restore the pairs with the upper line leading. Keep a quiet, close hand and let the arm carry changes of position; retain the complete slurred gestures and build towards the printed Vivace. The C-major sixths warm-up is a separate preparation. This assigned excerpt develops double-note control; it does not certify a whole performance.

Ideas: Thirds, sixths and double notes
Voicing and balance
Theory cards: Lines inside double notes
Technique: C major scale in sixths, hands together, 2 octaves (faster: Licentiate tempo)
D-flat major scale, hands together, 4 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: Paris: Henry Lemoine, December 1842, plate 2776 H.L.; early French reissue in the first-editions corpus, not mislabelled as the original 1837 imprint.

Encoding source: https://rism.online/sources/1001002277

Digital encoding source: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/025-1b-LE-008.krn

First Editions of Fryderyk Chopin's Music

Website: https://chopinscores.org

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

Digital licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ · CC BY 4.0

Étude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8

Edition: Paris: Henry Lemoine, December 1842, plate 2776 H.L.; early French reissue in the first-editions corpus, not mislabelled as the original 1837 imprint.

Published: 1842

Source: https://rism.online/sources/1001002277

Paris: Henry Lemoine, December 1842, plate 2776 H.L.; early French reissue in the first-editions corpus, not mislabelled as the original 1837 imprint.

Digital licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CC-BY-4.0

Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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The other lesson pieces of Licentiate

Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor “Tempest”, Op. 31 No. 2: I. Largo – Allegro, Ludwig van Beethoven
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, Frédéric Chopin
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor / D-sharp minor, BWV 853 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach
Rondo in A minor, K. 511, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38, Frédéric Chopin
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach
Images, première série: Hommage à Rameau, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52, Frédéric Chopin
Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5, Frédéric Chopin
Images, première série: Mouvement, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4, Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso, Frédéric Chopin

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