Revolutionary Etude Composition

[dmp14011]

I have made a composition called Revolutionary Etude No. 1. I am think of writing a set of such pieces. The piece is performed on midi on youtube below. Im quite pleased with it. I think it is similar to some of the Chopin etudes yet it is original and different. Could you please tell me; what are your opinions of it?

[j_menz]

It sounds nice enough, insofar as one can tell from a midi performance.

My concern is that if you have called it an etude, and given it's resemblance to those of Chopin, it should have a component to it that demonstrates and develops some aspect(s) of technique. If you yourself cannot play it, how can I be sure that it is a good etude (rather than just a nice piece of music) and is a useful aid to study? How do I know that it actually "teaches" something well if I cannot know that you know the subject you are teaching?

[dmp14011]

The pieces I wrote weren't intended to provide practice for specific techniques as such. Maybe Im missing the generally percieved point of an etude in that usually they develop particular tecnhiques for practice. Chopin develops a particular technique each piece I think but Ive opted just to develop a few different techniques spread out over the set as a whole (see two additions below) perhaps more like Liszts Etudes in a way. The Etudes I wrote are meant to be performed in a concert or recorded rather than more so for practice and were named because of their difficulty. However maybe I should have named them differently?

I will have to try and play them though Im not a brilliant pianist lol. Here are the next two in the set.

[dmp14011]

Below is an attempt at it on piano (at half pace)

[starstruck5]

The first thing you should do is drop the word Revolutionary from your studies. Post them in your own name -let listeners decide who your influences are -

[dmp14011]