FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 6 June - 2015

Our Troops Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Canteen DJ's

[Publius]

It will probably take me two weekends to do them justice in addition to the Beethoven project.

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That’s OK...take your time. they deserve it.

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “allegro” in 3/4 is nicknamed the “Horse” etude. It’s all about tricky fingering simultaneously in both hands. The “Whoa!” effect at the end is hilarious.

Chopin: Etude in F, Op. 25/3

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Tav Falco and the Unapproachable Panther Burns~Pantherphobia

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LOL! You are right.

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “agitato” in 4/4 is about exercising the 5th finger of the left hand while keeping the main action in both hands on the half-beats.

Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op. 25/4

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “vivace” in 3/4 is about passing the second figure to the thumb three times in each bar in a dissonant arrangement. The pretty middle section in E Major is about reversing that maneuver.

Chopin: Etude in E minor, Op. 25/5

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “allegro” in 4/4 is nicknamed the “Bee” etude. It’s an exercise for the right hand in both adjacent and chromatic fingering.

Chopin: Etude in G# minor, Op. 25/6

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “lento” in 3/4 is a cry from the heart. The right hand handles the theme, but the left hand is required to perform gymnastics over the lament.

Chopin: Etude in C# minor, Op. 25/7

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You are really tugging at my heart tonight!

[Publius]

Oh garsh and shucks. You're making me blush.

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “vivace legato” in 4/4 features two technical problems. The right hand plays major sixths with thumb and second finger alternating on the bottom note, and the third, fourth and fifth fingers in different patterns on the top note. The left hand plays a trickier pattern over a wider span.

Chopin: Etude in D-flat, Op. 25/8

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LOL! I know the feeling of missing with the eye drops. I will do my best.

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BTW...We have a Triple Crown Winner!

[Publius]

I saw.

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “allegro vivace” in 2/4 is nicknamed the “Butterfly” etude. It’s about a lightning-fast placement of thumb and fifth finger on adjacent chords.

Chopin: Etude in G-flat, Op. 25/9

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My mom always watches the Three races every year. Not because she is a gambler. She just LOVES horses!

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Someone remembered.

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “allegro con fuoco” in 2/2 is nicknamed the “Octaves” etude. It involves alternating the fourth and fifth fingers on the top note of the right hand octaves and iron control of the left hand octaves. The middle section in B Major and 3/4 is a welcome relief before the rampaging octaves return.

Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25/10

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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDES

This “allegro con brio” in 2/2 is the famous “Winter Winds” etude. After a short “lento” introduction, the theme is played in the left hand while the right hand plays high speed tricky fingering.

Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op. 25/11