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Chopin's piano music
Nocturne, étude, mazurka, scherzo, ballade, polonaise, waltz: Chopin's genres in twelve works, in the order he wrote them.
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Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
This guide follows Chopin’s Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 “Revolutionary” (1831) in one part.
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The opening is a crashing chord and long descending runs in both hands, with harmony that holds back the home of C minor until the begins. The right hand then plays a fierce in octaves over the left hand's nonstop sixteenth notes. Next the continues in a second part, with intense changes of . Then the opening runs and . The turns briefly to C major, then a fast descent through both hands closes the piece.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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