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Etüde As-Dur

by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) · Romantic · Expert

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VersionLevelKeyLength
Expert · Level 55 of 5A♭ major1:54

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Era
Romantic (1830–1910)
Mood
Joyful · bright and lively
Versions
1

About this piece

Etüde As-Dur is a joyful Romantic piece by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849). The version here is level 5 of 5 (expert), in A♭ major and about 1:54 long. In the app it belongs to the Études collection. Note the pickup: the music starts with an upbeat before the first full bar, so count yourself in before the first note.

About Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Polish composer and pianist who wrote almost entirely for the piano: nocturnes, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes and études that define Romantic piano music.

How to play Etüde As-Dur on piano

  1. Expect weeks, not days. Learn it section by section and keep a list of the hardest passages to practise first in every session.
  2. Slow practice is the fastest way forward: loop the difficult bars at 50% until they are clean, then 75%, then full speed.
  3. Decide on fingering early for fast passages and write it down; changing fingering later costs more time than it saves.
  4. An étude trains one skill. Find the bars where that pattern is hardest, loop them slowly, and only then play the piece through.
  5. Short daily sessions beat one long weekly one. Ten focused minutes a day is enough to make steady progress.

In the PianoKite app you can learn it with your own digital piano over Bluetooth or USB, or with any piano through the microphone: the score scrolls past a playhead, the keys light up, and every bar gets a score so you can see what's learned. See how it works. New to the piano? Start with the beginner lessons. Get early access.

License and credits

Typeset by Roland Goretzki for the Mutopia Project. License: Public Domain. Source: Mutopia Project.

Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.

Text events such as lyrics were removed; the notes are as published. The player on this page plays the first 20 seconds.

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