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Offline richterfan1

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Chopin ^^
on: March 31, 2011, 08:46:41 AM
Hi people. i want to do Chopins Op.10 No.1, probably hes hardest etude, can u suggest me some other etudes or something before i start with this masterpiece... regards ;)

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 09:06:21 AM
Arpeggios is probably a good start.

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 10:59:36 AM
That etude is treacherous - hand extension and endurance. There is a Czerny Op. 740 etude that doesn't necessarily build the same technique, but has similar texture and character regardless:

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 11:46:02 AM
heh many, many etudes by Czerny, and op. 10/4, 10/5, 10/8, 25/11, 25/12 by Chopin before op. 10/1.
Now playing:
Prokofiev - Sonate in d-minor op. 14
Bach/Busoni - Chaccone in d-minor
Bach - II Partita in c-minor
F. Chopin - Barcarole in F sharp major, Op. 60
                Ballade in f-minor

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #4 on: April 02, 2011, 06:27:12 AM
Ty All  8) il start with that czernys etude!

Offline keyboardclass

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #5 on: April 02, 2011, 08:01:04 AM
Check out jazzwee's thread at Pianoworld.  I got thrown out!  The cheek.

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #6 on: April 02, 2011, 12:41:37 PM
Check out jazzwee's thread at Pianoworld.  I got thrown out!  The cheek.

You gotta be good at kissing them other cheeks to survive there.
What passes you ain't for you.

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Re: Chopin ^^
Reply #7 on: April 02, 2011, 04:47:40 PM
You're right there.  And what a nauseating site [sic] it is to see!
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