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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Etude no.3 - Op.10 no.3: E-major

Recording by Rubinstein

I have heard this piece many, many times, as I learned it myself. It is absolutely brilliant! The melody is in the right hand, a lot of which the pinky finger has to play: this is quite challenging. The way that the piece has two main ideas that are polar opposites really makes it interesting and dynamic. The flowing melody becomes schizophrenic in a heartbeat, then goes back to the melody as if nothing even happened.

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