Chopin – Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G-Flat Major “Black Key”
Étude Op. 10, No. 5, in G-flat major, also known as the Black Key Étude, is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. This work is characteristic for the arpeggios played with the right hand, almost exclusively on black keys except in measure 66, where Chopin wrote an F-natural, the only white key for the right hand throughout the entire piece. The left hand plays the melody, with mostly chords and octaves, while the right hand accompanies with quick triplets on black keys. Structure This piece is unbalanced in terms of structure, but as a romantic study, Chopin favored melodic interest over rigid structure. This étude can be divided into four parts, depending on interpretation. The first theme is introduced and expounded upon with some variation after its second repetition. The second theme is presented after two sweeping arpeggios covering half the length of the keyboard. It lasts only 16 measures and is in the étude’s dominant key, D-flat major. The first theme is immediately restated once, and begins developing into the coda. This development is where the only right-hand white key, F-natural, is played, in bar 66. Because this bar contains the only quarter notes in the right hand except for the last bar and it contains the previously unused F-natural, it sets up a cadence into the coda. The coda is a legato flourish in the tonic key, and ends in a rapid octave passage in both hands, which is entirely staccato. Some prominent performers, including Horowitz …
Lol is impossible too play this say this fast. I’M NOT KIDDING
You can check out Pollini’s version. It’s even faster than this.(I can play this fast too^^)
this’s not rely fast as all
@tehnoobshowskychi Yeah, it’s not impossible. Maruzio Pollini plays this very quickly, light, clean, and playful.
But tonyngjichun, how come you slowed the octaves at the end down?
i learned the first 7 seconds over about 2 weeks of training is that bad in ur eyes? i cant read music and i just started playing 8 months ago?please need some critique.
@JproxLeft4Dead2 i would say for this particular Chopin piece there would be plenty of easier tutorials on youtube to watch ive used these videos before to learn pieces as a start im grade 8 now in 2 years october marks the thrid year but i just said id say that there mabye easier ways for this particualr one on youtube due to the movie jay chou secret alot of people wanted to learn this.. peace x
@VanargrandsEnd i originally saw a young boy play this somwhere on youtube. and then heard it on FFR and in Jay chou secret.
@JproxLeft4Dead2 You should under no circumstance be attempting this if you have only been playing eight months, especially when it takes you two weeks to learn seven seconds of it.
i’m going 2 try to learn how to play this for a piano audition to get into this high school
One of my favorite etudes! where did you download the MIDI file?
@JproxLeft4Dead2 You shouldn’t really be trying to play this if you you have only been playing for eight month and can’t read music.
@JproxLeft4Dead2
Are you mad?
LoL im not being offensive but seriously this is an LTCL piece
Its just same like you go to the NBA draft without ever touching a basketball before
This is faster than Petit Chien
@JproxLeft4Dead2 screw them. i think u shud keep trying.
any tips on how to get better at arpeggioes?
@JproxLeft4Dead2 I notice you wrote that first comment a year ago… how has your progress come? Are you able to play this at all?
0:28
the e flat should be a g flat.
1:14 a white key
please give me a reply comment if u find another one
@PianoDude1011 there are plenty of b naturals
@JLyteHaven in the RIGHT HAND
It’s not going to kill anyone if someone that doesn’t know how to read music or hasn’t been playing long tries to learn this piece -_-
yep, well, im learning this now