Chopin op. 10 no. 5 "Black Keys"

[h_chopin148]

I started Chopin op. 10 no. 5 etude recently. Due to scheduling circumstances and other things I will not be able to see my teacher a while for a lesson.  Since I won't be seeing my teacher for a while for a lesson, I was wondering if anyone had some helpful tips for playing this piece.

Thanks

[le_poete_mourant]

1. Start slow
2. Figure out a good fingering. Or even better, have somebody else give you a good fingering.
3. Practice slow
4. Use the good fingering you figured out in 2.

[awesom_o]

Practice slowly using good fingerings and zero pedal, making sure that all the dynamics and articulations are correct. Is this your first Chopin etude?

[h_chopin148]

Practice slowly using good fingerings and zero pedal, making sure that all the dynamics and articulations are correct. Is this your first Chopin etude?

Thanks for the tips.  This is not my first Chopin etude. I have played op. 10 no. 9 f minor.

[lighthand045]

My friend told me that his teacher told him "don't hit the white keys, try to stay on the black whatever you do", sounds somewhat redundant, but he said that the hand should be the closest possible to the keyboard lid with comfort and thewrist should be very flexible.

I learned it by playing the triplet figure as 32ths with a rest on the beggining of the beat(as 4/8) a little more slow.

[awesom_o]

Don't hit any of the keys.... hitting keys in general is bad practice and is to be avoided at all cost if you wish to have control of the sound...