Etude no.7 - Op.10 no.7: C-major

Recording by Ashkenazy

The first part of the etude strongly pulses because of the dynamic markings. One thing that really stands out about this etude is that, though the right hand moves really fast (like it does in most etudes), it is playing consecutive chords instead of individual notes. This is definitely a right-hand etude; the left hand really doesn't do that much, technically speaking. I think maybe one thing that Chopin was trying to accomplish with this etude was to get the pianist to evenly sound both notes in the chords in the right hand.