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Hello,
I started Liszt's TE no.12 Chasse-Neige about a month and a half ago after much pleading with my teacher. At the time, I didnt know much about the transcendental etudes or this particular one, and I was trying to convince my teacher to allow me to select it for my next piece (not on account of its difficulty but because I liked it a lot and didnt see what would be so terribly hard about it). Well, my teacher left for touring in Europe 2 weeks ago and will be gone for about a month. Since he left, I have been having tremendous difficulty with this piece, and after reading about it online, have seriously come to regret my recklessness. I refuse to allow quiting on this piece to be an option, but its really difficult without my teacher.

Since my teacher is gone, I was hoping that some of you more experienced and learned players could give me advice about how to learn it and some general tips and no-nos for playing it. Im really hurting without my teacher and I dont want to learn anything in this piece grossly wrong and I especially dont want to injure myself. My main problem is with playing the whole thing up to speed (especially in the chromatics section) and the jumps.

So, if anyone could give me general pointers and things to watch out for in this piece, as well as excersizes that would make it easier, I would greatly appreciate it.