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VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDESThis “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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To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
VALENTINA LISITSA PLAYS THE CHOPIN ETUDESThis “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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