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anybody play the chopin etudes for ?????

by pjpastir on 03/21/2007, 21:09

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i've played a few, but certainly not all.

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by CynBad on 03/21/2007, 21:41

not sure what "for ?????" means, but i've played a few of them too - real butt kickers :)

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by Dr. Whack on 03/21/2007, 22:01

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!

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by CynBad on 03/22/2007, 09:16

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

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by pjpastir on 03/22/2007, 09:27

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?

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by on 03/22/2007, 14:31

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.

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by CynBad on 03/22/2007, 15:04

some of my favourite piano pieces ever

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by skhlentzos on 03/25/2007, 23:35

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by CynBad on 03/21/2007, 21:41

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