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Etude in D-flat major, Op. 11 No. 4 is a piece by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov from the Romantic era.
- tude
- Romantic
- hand independence
- voicing
History
The Etude closes Rimsky-Korsakov's four original pieces for solo piano, Op. 11. It offers a chance to meet the composer at the keyboard rather than through the orchestral music for which he is best known.
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What to listen for
The opening consists of moving pairs rather than a single-note tune. Listen for one line within each pair while allowing the other note to support it.
How to practise it
- Practise the top member of the opening double notes as a melody, then add the lower member softly. Aim for one connected phrase rather than six equally weighted pairs.
- In the second paired-note gesture, preserve the specifically tied pitch while the companion pitches change. Practise the tied member alone first, then add the changing notes without reattacking it.
About this piece
- Collection
- The study studio
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
- Credit
- “Etude” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 to 1908). Mutopia edition maintained by Thomas Amthor. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1600. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Changes to the supplied file: none; any later conversion or edit must be disclosed separately.
