regarding other posts about the Chopin Etudes, does anyone believe that theres an EASY Chopin Etude?

i've looked cover to cover at an edition of the etudes and heard Idil Biret play them countless times, and frankly, none even 1 of them are even remotely easier than another

what do you think?

PLEASE DONT HARP ON AT ME ABOUT THIS! IVE GOT ENOUGH STICK ON OTHER POSTS!

The 'easiest' etude to play is probably the one in Eb minor, although it really needs to flow with liquid smoothness. A minor op 10 no 2 isn't too bad if you get your 3/4+5th fingers strengthened.
Butterfly and revolutionary etudes are also not beyond the bounds of playability either.
E major etude is o.k, especially if you take the time to practice the cadenza-type passage properly.

THE E MAJOR ETUDE? ARE YOU CRAZY?! that is by far one of THE hardest

i agree with the E flat minor one though, that isnt TOO bad, as is the C#minor and F minor No.2 from Op.25

Once you learn your fingering for diminished 5ths in the left hand it's fine...

Don't worry I will be kind ! I personally find virtually all of his work unplayable mainly because they are in 'hard keys' ie more than 4 flats. D flat is my favourite key though. Any of his stuff that is in my capabilities i don't likeanyway.

'Etude' means 'study' ie a work designed to help the player develop his or her technique.

Chopin composed these studies to help already excellent technicians become even better. It would not make any sense for any of them to be 'easy'.

his students were clearly VERY advanced!

Steve if you are a concert pianist or whatever, mind taking a look at my thread on the Waldstein Sonata?

I played the Butterfly a few months earlier, actually, the left hand is what makes it hard. It's always plays in the lower part for the first quaver and then the middle part of the keyboard for the next. But once you can do it, the left hand seems to be almost natural, finger-memory. You look at the keyboard more than the music. And of course, a rather bad pianist like me can't play it too smooth and clean, although overall it's OK (well, I'm still 13, there's still time to fix it up, right?)

I can't get as fast as the crotchet=112 tempo. 104 is already a too fast for me, even though I can force myself to play around 108


There are 3 Chopin Etudes apart from the 24 of Op. 10 and 12. It doesn't have an opus number, but I think they're much easier (even though I haven't really played them).

I have done so far Op.10 no.1, 3 and 12 and Op.25 no.9. I would say that the easier Etudes would be Op.10 no.3, 6 and 11. But of course some of you may disagree. After all, everybody is different.

I think my favourite etude has to be the C minor opus 25 no.12. I just love the chord progressions!

I'd just like to lay claim to that use of the word "harp" from an earlier post of mine (for those of you that are intrigued enough, it is on the Viva Woodwind section under "Piccolo Pupil"). Funnily enough, I used it as ammo in giving the stick that GCBS talks so vehemently about.

Petty, sure, but beautifully ironic.

i personally say the C#minor and F minor Op.25 and the 3rd of the Trois Nouvelles Etudes are the easiest