Chopin Etude op 10 no 3 Project

[faa2010]

Could you give me some tips in order to get the piece? This can be the first etude I play.

This piece is going to take me more than a year to get it because I have to play other pieces.

I have to get the next pieces:
-Invention 13 Bach
-Sonata in G major 283
-Sonata op 49 no 2 Beethoven (maybe)
-3 pieces for the ABRSM level 5
-a national valse

And I need to continue practicing these ones:
-Valse op 64 no 2
-Valse Brillante op 18
-Debussy Arabesque
-Satie Gymnopedies
-a national piano valse

I have already played Bach Inventions 1, 4, 7, 8, 10; 2 Chopin Nocturnes, 2 Chopin Valses (plus the other 2 I am currently with), Claire de Lune of Debussy, Sonata Facile of Mozart, a Clementi Sonatina no 3 and Intermezzo of Ponce.

Can those pieces help me with getting the etude even though I get it slowly?

[faa2010]

Could you give me some tips in order to learn the Etude op 10 no 3 of Chopin?

[pencilart3]

It's an etude, which before Chopin's time was just a technical exercise. Something you might play so that you can improve your 6ths or 3rds or chromatic scales. While Chopin's etudes are different, they are still meant primarily to build your technique. Focus more on that than how well you play it.

[vevurka]

Just read the middle part of this Etude and see how long it'll take you to just read it. Usually people get stuck there, so it's good spot to start. If I were you I would just try nouvelles etudes, they are a good start before opused ones.

[wage]

10/3 is one of those pieces that can be split in 2 and doesn't even has to be learned at the same time, since you can use the first slow part + the last few measures to have a nice piece on it's own.

The slow part is all about good voicing, you can practice this by playing the melody forte legato while playing the accompagnement staccato and as soft as possible. Once you get good at seperating the melody from the accompagnement, think about phrasing. A tip here, don't start playing with both hands until the right hand is really solid, it may seem easy, but it can be another distraction for getting the voicing right.

The middle section is all about parallel intervals and diminished 7th chords. If you have rather small hands or are not used to it yet, make sure you practice those parallel 6th really carefully, since they can be quite a stretch. What helps extremly here is splittling the intervals into the 2 voices and practice them seperately (for example first 5/3s then 1/2s for the long parallel 6th sequence). Other than that, slow and disciplined practice makes this section not as bad as it looks.

From the pieces you've played so far I'd say it's definitely quite a bit more difficult than what you've played, but it should definitely be doable. Just make sure to practice the parallel invervals carefully and you shouldn't have any trouble.