How is this note to be played

[abhishekchanda]

Hi,

I was going through the score of op 10 no 4 Etude by Chopin out of curiosity. I wanted to know, how are the eighth notes played. I am referring to the bar 4 onwards. Is this note to be held through the next sixteenth note?

Thanks

[brogers70]

I'm not sure. If the pedal indications are original, then you might think it would not matter, since the sound will carry till the pedal change anyway. But I can think of two possibilities. The first is that Chopin wants you to hold those notes down because it will guide the way you strike the upper note, and will be different from the way you would strike it if you released that eighth as though it were a sixteenth. The second is that it's a way to signal that he wants you to bring out the inner voice/line implied by those eighth notes.

[adodd81802]

It's accented underneath. i think honestly he was just making absolutely clear those particular notes have to sound stronger and the feeling of them carrying sound a little longer then the other 16th notes.

[samwitdangol]

Since those notes are eighth notes, you hold it through the note following it.

[thirtytwo2020]

it's a way to signal that he wants you to bring out the inner voice/line implied by those eighth notes.

he was just making absolutely clear those particular notes have to sound stronger and the feeling of them carrying sound a little longer then the other 16th notes.

In other words, he is notating how he wants it to sound. How you actually do it - solve it from a technical point of view - is open to discussion, and may depend on your physique, the instrument you're playing on etc.

I think most people would find it very tricky, and perhaps unnecessary, to hold all of these eighth notes all the way through their sixteenth-note neighbors.   

[samwitdangol]

I think most people would find it very tricky, and perhaps unnecessary, to hold all of these eighth notes all the way through their sixteenth-note neighbors.

I would try to hold it but it's not very necessary. They have to be emphasized though.