Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5
This guide follows Chopin’s Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5 “Black Key” (1830) in one part.
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0:00–1:30
A: a loud attack and a quiet echo an octave lower, repeated every four , over right-hand triplets played almost entirely on black keys. B: the longer moves to D-flat major and reshapes the triplet figure six ways, with left-hand calls that one writer compares to horn signals. A′: the opening unchanged. : the right hand's only white note, an F natural, appears at the ; the piece ends with loud staccato octaves on black keys that outline a pentatonic scale.
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- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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