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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Etude no.18 - Op.25 no.6: G#-minor

April 18, 2011: On or before this day is when I plan on being done with listening to all of Chopin's works...that will be exactly one year from when I started...just a clarification in case you thought that I was going to listen to one every single day. That has turned out to be quite a stressful ideal.

Recording by Pollini

Obviously, this etude is dealing with rapid parallel thirds. The right hand has to be extremely agile. Also, the fingering can NOT be fudged. Proper fingering is imperative, so that the pianist doesn't stumble over their fingers when playing the thirds in succession.

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