Talk:Étude Op. 10, No. 7 (Chopin)

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What this etude studies

It seems to me as though this etude is more a study of repeated notes than changing intervals. The lowest note of the right hand is always repeated. My version of the etude suggests that these repeated notes use separate fingers. First 2, then 1. My edition was edited by Palmer and I am unsure if the fingering is Chopin's original or editorial.

170.140.93.42 02:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My God! This was written three years ago!

As in all of Chopin's études, the key is to follow his fingering, otherwise, as a "study" it has no value.

OK, a summary for here, not taking into consideration the few exceptions when some thirds are played with fingers 2 & 4; this is the fingering according to the Instytut Fryderyka Chopina Polskie Widawnictwo Myzyczne, edited by Paderewski:

2 & 3 for thirds & seconds
2 & 4 for fourths & fifths
1 & 5 for sixths

ascending chords at the end - two bars before last three:

2 & 5 for fifths & sixths & thumb for single note.

Slow at first & not for too long so as not to get tendinitis or a cramp in your right hand!

I imagine that after three years, you got your question answered... or have given up.

--Frania W. (talk) 04:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]