Czerny Op 740 #29, 3 Versions
I can almost reach Czerny’s tempo (using his fingering and keeping my RH fixed but relaxed in position close to the keyboard), but as is...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #30, 3 Versions
My arrangements of #30 have the principle aim of shortening and simplifying Czerny’s study to make it more easily mastered, effective in...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 5 min
Czerny Op 740 #31: 5 Versions
This is one of those studies whose bottom-line recommendation is the workout for both hands and a regular phrase structure that makes for...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #32, Single Version
Don’t take the repeat at m 8, insert a bar between m 15 and m 16, fashion a grand cadence at Czerny’s m 31, and #32 neatly resolves into...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #33, 4 Versions
This is another of those graceful, tuneful studies that make me think of Czerny as the Bournonville of the piano. In keeping with his...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #34, Single Version
I think if you’re not careful you can injure yourself trying to get #34 to Czerny’s metronome marking, and the very slight music makes...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #35, 2 Versions
I like this study not for its music but for its technique. Changing fingers on repeated notes in both hands is good for warming up and of...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #36, 3 Versions
On the page #36 certainly looks like a barcarolle, but Czerny’s tempo is much faster than the typical19th Century “boat music.” If you...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #37, 2 Versions
I loved working on this study and getting it into my class repertory. It lies well in my hands and it’s always very exciting in class....
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #38, Single Version
Part of the charm of this powerful toccata is the in-and-out-of focus meter, but, while there are a number of shortcuts and...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #39, 2 Versions
This study will work for ballet class across a wide range of tempos slower than Czerny’s, but I find it sounds sluggish unless I project...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #40: 2 Versions
As a companion study to #39 which drills triplet RH thirds this study drills the technique of triplet RH triads, and, as with other such...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #41, 2 Versions
One of the shortest studies in the collection, #41 is nearly ready-made as a one-pager, and as a useful LH study it pairs well with...
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