Étude Op. 10 No. 9 in F minor

Frédéric Chopin · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Piano

A restless study for the left hand (1830), unfolding wide, stretched arpeggios beneath a breathless melody. A work by Chopin, the poet of the Romantic piano. F minor, 6/8, 67 bars (about one minute), complete score.

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• The mordents and grace notes of the source are not written here. Left hand: pivot on the thumb and let the wrist follow the stretches, without stiffness. Supple, precise left hand and singing melody; rubato only once the notes are secure. Key signature with 4 flats: name them aloud before playing and spot the places where accidentals cancel them. In 6/8, count the beats as groups of three eighths (dotted beats) to keep the lilt.

More pieces by Frédéric Chopin

• Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor
• Mazurka in G-sharp minor Op. 33 No. 1
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C-sharp minor
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major
• Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E-flat minor

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