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Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6

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This guide follows Chopin’s Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6 (1830) in one part.

Recording: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

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Follow all 3 sections as they play

0:01–3:02

A: the melody and the bass both move in long notes, while the inner sixteenth-note line twists around them and the harmony takes unexpected turns. B: three eight- waves of changing keys rise to a and then sink by semitones toward the home . A′: a shortened of the opening, with a brief gleam of A major in the , and a last chord in E-flat major.

  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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