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pianoDude912

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Chopin Etudes 5 "black key"

on: July 08, 2004, 07:47:52 PM

has anyone ever mastered that piece, and if u do can you please leave sum hints and tips for the right hand, im havin trouble when i try to speed up

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Hmoll

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Re: Chopin Etudes 5 "black key"

Reply #1 on: July 08, 2004, 09:56:24 PM

The usual stuff: practice in rhythms, practice using different articulations, practice small groups and put them together, exagerate the wrist motion at slower tempos and lessen them when the tempo increases, don't try to speed it up too soon.

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ted

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Re: Chopin Etudes 5 "black key"

Reply #2 on: July 09, 2004, 01:08:28 AM

I've always felt obliged to pay attention to putting plenty of music - phrasing, dynamics, contrast, elastic tempos - into this one because its material is bland compared to much of Chopin. I try to stick a few accents in funny places - not necessarily the same way each time - anything to avoid that uniform piano-roll sound which many very good pianists produce.

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