Piano Forum

I have a question about this Etude (tried a bunch of searches, found nothing)

After actually sitting and trying a bit, I didn't find the syncopation or the hands shooting outwards the difficulty, but the 'trills' in mm9-16 seemed impossible to play at the 120 Tempo marking.  Any recording I hear (or videos I see) have it too blurry to tell how they are played.


After looking closer, I see that the last of the four 32nd notes also has an eighth stem downward.  Does this mean that I play triplet 32nds in a 16th beat, then hit the last of the four 'trill' notes on the second eighth beat, or is he simply showing that he wants the last of the four notes held until you play the second eighth.

I really don't know how to explain it, so hopefully people who have played this piece or are studying it can let me know!


(I'm done my lessons until July, and this is just a random piece I decided to try a bit for fun.  I just don't want to play it wrong for if I decide to actually study it)

Thanks!