Etude


 
 
Etude

An etude (from the French word étude meaning "study") is a short musical composition designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument. For example, Fr?d?ric Chopin's etude Op. 25 No. 6 trains pianists to play rapid parallel chromatic thirds, Op. 25 No. 7 emphasizes the production of singing tone in a polyphonic melody, and Op. 25 No. 10 covers parallel octaves.

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Musical studies have been composed since the 18th century, most notably by Carl Czerny, but it was Chopin who transformed the etude into an important musical genre. Etudes can be in many forms and are sometimes grouped into larger schemes — Robert Schumann's ?tudes symphoniques bears the title, in its second version, ?tudes en forme de Variations. http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/67166-N.asp


 

French: French can refer to more than one article:...

Music: Music is a natural intuitive phenomenon operating in the three worlds of time, pitch, energy, and under the three distinct and interrelated organization structures of rhythm, harmony, and melody....

Pianist: :This article deals with those who play the piano. For other uses, see pianist (disambiguation)....


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Etude II
Etude II
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Etude de Femme II
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The Etude: Ben Franklin
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The Etude: Long Long Ago
Etude In Resonnance
Etude In Resonnance
The Etude: September 1932
The Etude: September 1932
Frederic Chopin Polish Musician Composing His C Minor Etude
Frederic Chopin Polish Musician Composing His C Minor Etude

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Introduction
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List of etude composers
 
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