etude 25/11 (chopin)

[jamie_liszt]

Hey

 Im wondering, im in the middle of learning la campanella, i was starting to learn 10/1 but decided to drop it and learn 25/11, is this song really hard or does it just look hard but is easy ? and what is the best way to learn it, hands separate of course, but should you use a metronome to gradually speed up etc?

thanks!

[randmc]

it's very very repetitive in the right hand

[Dazzer]

absolute torture.. 8 pages of high speed rh.

of course i haven't played it. playing number 25 12

[cherub_rocker1979]

This is probably the most difficult of the Chopin etudes.  I wouldn't recommend working on this piece unless you have a lot of experience.

[ted]

Musically it is wonderful though, and the rewards are well worth the effort. There are so many details of outstanding beauty in it - the changes of chord and key in the middle section, the relentless drive of the main motif, the juxtaposed seventh chords in the part where the left hand takes over. The ending, with its two chords like a boulder teetering on a clifftop before the precipitous final descent into oblivion, is magnificent piano writing. It is also remarkable in that he ends it with a simple scale - he hardly used any scales, sick of the sound of them I expect, but here it sounds just right.

I sometimes wonder why I bothered to learn some pieces but I don't regret wrestling with this one.

[jamie_liszt]

Ok, i think i will wait if its the hardest one, i will stick with 10/1, im having trouble getting it to the right speed, any help?

[rimv2]

Ok, i think i will wait if its the hardest one, i will stick with 10/1, im having trouble getting it to the right speed, any help?

Mah teach suggested ah try this one next.

Ah was a bit shocked and quickly declined. Liszts Dante Sonata seem more mah speed