| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: chopin etudes | |
| pjpastir -- 03/21/2007, 21:09:22 -- #34072 | |
| Anybody play the chopin etudes for ????? | |
| CynBad -- 03/21/2007, 21:41:28 -- #34072 | |
| I've played a few, but certainly not all. | |
| Whacky -- 03/21/2007, 22:01:15 -- #34072 | |
| Not sure what "for ?????" means, but I've played a few of them too - real butt kickers :) | |
| CynBad -- 03/22/2007, 09:16:59 -- #34072 | |
| I wouldn't try to play them all. I would get tired. I don't know that "for ?????" means either. For technique? It certainly helps with that! | |
| pjpastir -- 03/22/2007, 09:27:18 -- #34072 | |
| Sorry, I meant for it to mean technique or anything else. I read recently that when Dick Hyman was young he won a jazz piano contest on the radio and the prize was taking some lessons with Teddy Wilson, Wilson told him to learn the etudes. I just started working on a few and yes they are " real butt kickers " Best Regards Paul | |
| jaledin -- 03/22/2007, 14:31:02 -- #34072 | |
| These are some of the most demanding pieces in the classical repertoire -- I think it's a worthy goal, and there's some great music in there, but you can't just sit down and decide to play them willy-nilly. More like a goal to set over the course of a few years (provided some competence already exists). I'd bet Teddy Wilson was just having a bit of fun with Dick Hyman -- nobody "learns the etudes" overnight. Some of the techniques involved are so advanced they have no practical application to straightahead jazz. Splendid music. What edition are you working out of? | |
| CynBad -- 03/22/2007, 15:04:21 -- #34072 | |
| They aren't really just "Etudes", they are Concert Etudes, studies in composition as well as pianism. Some really fine music. I sure as heck wouldn't learn them just for technique, but for "pianism", they are wonderful. | |
| skhlentzos -- 03/25/2007, 23:35:19 -- #34072 | |
| Some of my favourite piano pieces ever | |
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