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Why do people say that Chopin's Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

on: February 15, 2024, 02:21:24 AM

Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?. To me is pretty difficult to play at tempo considering all those inversions and jumps in both hands.

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #1 on: February 15, 2024, 03:08:51 AM

I haven't heard anyone say 25/9 is easy. While it is the shortest of the etudes, that doesn't mean it isn't hard. Chromatic is the 2nd shortest and is debatably the hardest.

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #2 on: February 17, 2024, 01:04:49 AM

They just find it easy, not too much to it.

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #3 on: February 17, 2024, 04:27:23 AM

Perhaps this piece has much of a ragtime structure, 50 years before it's developed as a style in and of itself.

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #4 on: February 22, 2024, 11:55:59 PM

Quote from: rovis77 on February 15, 2024, 02:21:24 AM

Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?. To me is pretty difficult to play at tempo considering all those inversions and jumps in both hands.

I think people say it's EASIER, than some of the others.

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #5 on: February 23, 2024, 10:42:16 AM

It's an "easier" one compared to most of the others, but it's still an advanced piece.

Like if someone who plays Für Elise and Clair de lune and now really wants to try a Chopin Etude asked "which is the easiest" the answer would be "they're all beyond you right now".

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #6 on: March 01, 2024, 03:10:24 AM

Fur Elise is an easy piece. Clair de lune is not easy to play properly. Chopin Butterfly Etude is one of the easier etudes. The bass hand is stride and the treble hand fits the span and reach of the right hand.

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Re: Why do people say that Chopin´s Op 25 9 is an easy etude?

Reply #7 on: March 05, 2024, 01:48:14 PM

Quote from: morrisjd on March 01, 2024, 03:10:24 AM

Fur Elise is an easy piece. Clair de lune is not easy to play properly. Chopin Butterfly Etude is one of the easier etudes. The bass hand is stride and the treble hand fits the span and reach of the right hand.

Doesn't mean it's an easy piece.
The only "easy" etude from Chopin (not including the trois nouvelle etudes) is op. 10 no. 6, and even that has some musical difficulties (to an extent).

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