Chopin - Étude Op. 10, No. 1 in C major "Waterfall"

Étude Op. 10, No.1 in C major, composed by Frédéric Chopin, is a technical study in reach and arpeggios for the piano. It also focuses on stretching the fingers. Sometimes it is known as the "Waterfall" étude. It was composed in 1829, and first published in 1833, in France, Germany, and England. In a prefatory note to the 1916 Schirmer edition the American music critic James Huneker (18571921) compared the "hypnotic charm" that these "dizzy acclivities and descents exercise for eye as well as ear" to the frightening staircases in Giovanni Battista Piranesi's prints of the Carceri d'invenzione.
Structure
The work is executed at an Allegro tempo. The time-signature Common time is according to the first French, English, and German editions. Chopin's own manuscript reads Cut time.
The right hand gauntlet consists entirely of broad arpeggios in semiquavers (sixteenth notes) on modulating scales. The left hand plays the deep melody in slow, droning octaves.
The main difficulty of this piece is playing the etude accurately at its suggested tempo (quarter note equals 176). Given the lack of rests, the challenge lies in playing the entire etude accurately and uninterrupted, which requires extremely swift movement of the right hand and quick changes in octaves for the left hand.

[@JAKE-lv3ce]

Its... its incredible...

[@rifqi7san]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@who8mahbacon]

chopin: "i gave the right hand a workout in this one, suppose the right hand wants revenge?" thats where op. 10-12 comes in.

[@Sirius180796]

Very cool

[@Singlerity]

It's funny to find my comment here, still standing. And now, after a year I can play this. To be honest I learned this long time ago but I haven't forgot how to play it :)

[@MrEruditus]

What software do you use to playback these MIDI files? It looks like an interesting and powerful learning tool.

[@scottspianist]

haha im rarther surprised at just how cool and easy to follow this is! Great post sir!

[@ALEXANDER6888]

I'd like to hear Chopin's newest song : "Broken Fingers"

[@mehranofff]

is that performed by a software? it sounds natural in some spots

[@metak71]

Practice, practice and practice....start slow and then when you feel you have good knowledge of the notes, then speed up.....))

[@Singlerity]

I found the bass octaves very challenging.

[@SunslightAndSong]

quite nice. I'd like to hear it a bit faster. Nice job on getting the melody to come through in the left hand. Now, just speed it up by 1/3rd :) and add some more dynamic changes in the right hand. Let both hands together make the piece sing.

[@Singlerity]

I meant that as a joke, since the right hand clearly takes a lot more practice.
Took me 1 month to memorise this piece and play it about half of the tempo.

[@WJ5259]

love 0:56

[@darklaboratory1697]

Right hand is much more challenging!

[@FranzLisztian]

@FriendshipStar
learning it from a midi is very hard because you need to know the fingering

[@DrOli]

@crashpedo
Synthesia, you can find it online for free.

[@Aqlor]

what software is this?

[@MusicIsMyLife6991]

How did you find the right hand?

[@HELLENIC_DYNAMITE]

how do you call this program or game or something?

[@Starbirdy9999]

Remids me of Gilgamesh's theme from Final Fantasy V for some reason.

[@DanMcB15]

I tried playing this piece. It's just impossible.

[@opuspocus5553]

piano hero..?

[@HELLENIC_DYNAMITE]

@FriendshipStar practise my friend ..practise

[@311Bambino]

holy S!@#@# is this music really possible to play?

[@kayenta33]

haha