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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- 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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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #16, 2 Versions
This delightful study is in the character I’ve come to think of as “Czerny-happiness,” a kind of Bournonville-for-piano that is unique to...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Czerny Op 740 #17, 5 Versions
At first #17 didn’t seem to me to have much to recommend itself except that in a collection of mostly quite difficult studies it’s rather...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740, #18, 2 Versions
As written, and a bit under Czerny’s tempo, #18 is muscular fondu music (one count per bar). You can muffle and undulate it or play it...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #19, 2 Versions
In ballet class a measure of 3/4 is usually counted as a single count in a combination. Even if you can get to Czerny’s speed, #19’s slow...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #20, 2 Versions
Czerny’s regular phrase lengths and cadences in the tonic make #20 a ready-made one-pager: just play mm 1-32. But it would be well to...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #21, 2 Versions
When Czerny has the hands move in parallel with the same note values my strategy is to have the hands trade off: one hand plays the note...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #22, 2 Versions
In my opinion, only if you can get at or near Czerny’s tempo can you keep #22 from sounding trite. It’s musical ideas are so slight that...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #23, 2 Versions
The first 32 measures of #23 make a stand-alone piece well suited to ballet class across a range of tempos, and not particularly...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Czerny Op 740 #24, 4 Versions
Czerny’s researches into different note patterns and their sonorities on the piano led to the particularly happy device of #24: the RH...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #25, Single Version
This study well exemplifies the “working” hand/ “supporting” hand contrast in Czerny’s compositional process. You can project it lightly...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #26, Single Version
I’ve tried to bring into focus a musical “type” among Czerny’s studies that I think of as “gesture” rather than “texture,” and I’ve tried...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #27, 3 Versions
The headnote for this study reads “Independence of the Fingers,” and it certainly is a study in stamina and independence for the RH...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #28, 3 Versions
As noted elsewhere in my commentaries, a teacher may set a combination in a very slow three with each beat subdivided, amounting to a...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #1, Single Version
This humble study seems almost a parody of the dexterity program: “Start by drumming your fingers.” Given the sophistication of the...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #2, 2 Versions
This is another study useful not so much for its slight music but for its workout for both hands. As I’ve mentioned in earlier parts of...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #3, Single Version
I like the “hunting” motif in the LH and arranged a “one-pager” of #3 that tries to highlight its lightness and charm. But it is,...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #4, 3 Versions
This long and very pretty “en carillon” piece makes an effective centre petite allegro at tempos well under Czerny’s, and a workout for...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #5, 3 Versions
You might project this dry, rather abstract study with great speed and a lot of sustain pedal for gossamer chaines music, but you’ll get...
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