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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Etude no.11 - Op.10 no.11: Eb-major

Recording by Richter

This etude uses arpeggiated chords, which is the point of the exercise. It is difficult to play consecutive, fast arpeggiated chords for a long period of time, so this etude is probably meant to serve as an endurance piece. Also, it is hard to accent the last note at the end of the arpeggio, because the pinky finger is normally the one that plays it. So this etude also functions as a pinky finger awareness and strengthening exercise.

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