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Monday, April 26, 2010

Etude no.5 - Op.10 no.5: Gb-major

Recording by Horowitz

I've heard this one before, too. The key of this piece is very important to how it works: because it is in G-flat major, most of the notes are black-key notes. If the piece was written in F major, for example, it wouldn't nearly make as much sense from a technical standpoint. The main motif of the piece (it can't really be called a melody because it is only three notes long )is in the left hand.

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