Chopin Etude in F major op. 10-8

[rohansahai]

I've just started to work on this piece. Ironically, even though its supposed to be a right hand study, it is not the right hand giving me problems but the left! The large intervals in the left hand are just not coming right despite all the "separate hands" and slow practice!
I would also like suggestions to prevent the R.H. from cramping and any other comments on thie piece. Thanks!!

[anda]

about the left hand arpeggiatos, try using yur whole arm to carry the fingers, and especially the wrist should be extremely flexible. as for the right hand part, i usually play this etude in p-mp, using all my resources on motion and none on "volume". keep in mind that it's important the contrast between the rhythmic pregnancy of the left hand's themes and the fluidity of the arpegios in the right hand - this study is pretty much mirroring chopin's op.10 no.12 regarding the role of each hand (hope you can understand this, sorry - poor english)

[legend]

you may learn a thing or 2 by watching kushnerova's video (can be found on her website)

[rohansahai]

I've seen the video (that's what put me into learning it)!!!
Where would u guys (and gals) put it in terms of comparison with other etudes (in terms of difficulty?)

[jon]

I think this is one of the tougher etudes by chopin at least.I started learning it but i figured it would take me too long to learn it.I don't remember who said it but i heard that this etude somehow embodied all the other etudes and covered several technical difficulties.