Chopin'Etude

[adusha]

Hello,

Let's say that you just started to study Chopin's Etude No12, Op. 10 "The Revolutionary Etude". How much time do you need to study it? Can you play it in concert after 2 weeks?

[liszt1022]

How could we possibly answer that without knowing what else you play and how long it took you to learn those?

[quantum]

The answer to this question is unique to each individual.  If you have a lot of experience playing advanced rep you may find this piece not that difficult.  If this is your fist Chopin Etude, it would be wise to give it more than 2 weeks before a concert performance. 

[richterfan1]

if you are skilled, than u could probably do it for 2 weeks, but i think all pianists need at least 1 month to master Chopins Etude

[stevebob]

if you are skilled, than u could probably do it for 2 weeks, but i think all pianists need at least 1 month to master Chopins Etude

That's a non sequitur:  the two clauses of that sentence are contradictory.

Okay, Op. 10 No. 12 is neither very long nor very difficult as concert etudes go.  And, of course, everybody's different.  But is two weeks feasible for anyone to learn such a piece from the ground up and master it to performance level?  A conservatory student, possibly?  A concertizing professional with virtuoso skills, perhaps?  Who else?

Even with unlimited practice time, most people find that there's a limited number of productive hours of practice per day because the brain absorbs and acquires new material incrementally and processes it during sleep.  Even if one knew in advance that a given project would take, say, 50 hours, it can't be crammed into one week or even two weeks time if your brain is only good for two hours a day!

What I’m trying to say, in a nutshell, is that very different results can be expected from practicing something for seven hours in a single day versus practicing it an hour a day for one week.

[mike_lang]

My whole life!  Every time I forget how to play the piano, I practice number eight again.