Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
This guide follows Chopin’s Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1 (1830) in one part.
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Follow all 3 sections as they play
0:02–2:01
A: the right hand starts its arpeggios at once and keeps going, rising and falling in sixteenth notes, while the left hand sounds slow octaves below. The harmony changes about once a , like a under a rushing stream. B: the music turns to A minor, and the left-hand octaves become (they move by semitones). A long chain of chords moving by fifths leads back to C major. A′: the opening .
- A
- 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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