(2 of 12) Self goal memorize 12 Chopin Etudes 10-5,25-6

(2 of 12) Self goal memorize 12 Chopin Etudes 10-5,25-6

An étude or study is an instrumental musical composition, usually short, designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular musical skill.

Will work on form and speed after memorization. Playing of the pieces will improve as I work toward memorization of 12. Its my own way of trying to improve.

The so-called "Black Key Étude" is one of the composer's most popular. It has been a repertoire piece of pianists since Chopin's time.

Chopin himself did not believe the study to be his most interesting one, and in a letter to his pianist friend and musical executor Julian Fontana he comments on Clara Wieck’s performance:

Did Wieck play my Étude well? How could she have chosen precisely this Étude, the least interesting for those who do not know that it is intended for the black keys, instead of something better! It would have been better to remain silent.

— Chopin to Julian Fontana in Paris, Marseille, 25 April 1839
Hans von Bülow (1830–1894) spoke rather disdainfully of Op. 10, No. 5 as a "Damen-Salon Etüde" ("ladies' salon étude")

Étude Op. 25, No. 6, in G-sharp minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin focusing on thirds