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Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2

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This guide follows Chopin’s Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (1830) in one part.

Recording: Evgeny Kissin (piano)

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0:00–1:14

The right hand runs a scale almost without a break, while the thumb and index finger add short, detached two-note chords. In the first section the harmony moves between A minor and E major, and the scale blurs the sense of . The rises in two- steps from F major toward A minor, reaching its around the centre of the piece. The first section , shortened, and a rising and falling scale ends the study.

  1. A
  2. 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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