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Topic: Scriabin's Etude Op.8 No.9 (Read 1599 times)

phil13

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Scriabin's Etude Op.8 No.9

on: August 24, 2005, 06:33:51 PM

Has anyone played this etude here? If so, how do you recommend practicing it? What advice do you have? How long did it take you to learn it?

It's the one in g#-minor, 'Alla ballata'.

Phil

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presto agitato

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Re: Scriabin's Etude Op.8 No.9

Reply #1 on: August 27, 2005, 02:18:21 PM

Sorry. I have no advices. Once i tried to learn this piece and i preferred to play another piece.

Big left hand jumps, all the sharp notes and crossed rytmics, make ths piece a real "Batalla".

Scriabin´s Etudes are a pain.

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phil13

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Re: Scriabin's Etude Op.8 No.9

Reply #2 on: August 27, 2005, 05:21:31 PM

Seems like nobody has any advice...

Yeah, I agree with your signature, presto agitato.

Phil

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iumonito

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Re: Scriabin's Etude Op.8 No.9

Reply #3 on: August 27, 2005, 06:52:19 PM

This is a great piece of music. Like a ballade.

Notice the iambic pattern in the middle section, typical of a romantic rendition of what a ballade is supposed to sound like.

Chances are there is a programme to this music, although I have never heard what it may be.

Don't play it too fast and let it breathe. it is easier than what one may think upon reading it.

The 4 against 3 resolves itself if you play with lots of rubato. I recommend not lining them up as if it was one 8-note and two 16-notes. For me that solution is lame, even if approved of in a footnote.

Cheers.

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