Czerny Op 740 #6, 2 Versions
The ternary structure and 4-bar phrasing (except for the enjambment at mm 23-4) make it easy to shape #6 into a short piece for ballet...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Czerny Op 740 #7, 4 Versions
Although the music of #7 is slight you should make room for it in your repertory. The RH figure is quite easy. Like its companion #8, #7...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #8, Single Version
Having already paired #8 with #7 a reverse process is obviously possible but would be redundant unless you alter the material to avoid...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #9, 2 Versions
I find this one of the most charming pieces in the collection with its attractive tunefulness and the “giocoso” extremes of those high...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #10, 2 Versions
As written, this short and quite pretty study would have to be repeated many times in succession to accommodate the kind of exercise it...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #11, 3 Versions
The downside to #11 is the triteness of the music, but it recommends itself as a piece that can be projected with light, muscular rhythm...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 740 #12, Single Version
My pairings of #12 with #11 represent my one-pager ideas of how to arrange #12. I offer as a further thought on #12 a “costume” version....
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #13, Single Version
In his studies Czerny usually devises a note pattern for one hand or the other and then iterates it continuously from beginning to end....
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #14, Single Version
For a long time I found #14 more difficult than its big brother #50. That’s because I never buckled down to practicing broken triads (all...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 740 #15, 4 Versions
Riisager’s orchestration brings out the “Ride of the Valkyries” character of Czerny’s RH 32nd’s shimmering above the declamatory LH...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Czerny Op 335 #36, 2 Versions
You probably won’t have many opportunities to play #36 for a combination in class. It’s a “grazioso” 3/4, and quiet until the very end,...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #37, 3 versions
This lovely cortege recommends itself in every way--squarely structured, effective in a wide range of tempos and dynamics, easily...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 335 #38, Single Version
This is a fascinating piece to look at on the page, feel in your fingers (even if you can only play it slowly), and listen to as it...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #39, 2 versions
This simple and beautifully decorated 4-line song is perfectly tailored for the accompanist’s repertory, quickly mastered (you can fake a...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny op 335 #40, Single Version
If you can master this very difficult and fiercely beautiful wild ride you’ll want to save it for a recital; in a ballet class it’s more...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 335 #41, Single Version
The structure of this sparkling piece is ready-made for the accompanist, and it’s very effective as ballet music in a range of tempos...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 335 #42, Single Version
One of the aims of my arrangements is to put Czerny’s more difficult studies within my technical reach so that I have the benefit of at...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #43, 2 Versions
This is another study whose difficulty and charm made me determined to make an arrangement that would forgive my technical shortcomings...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 335 #44, Single Version
Even for very advanced players I’m guessing that Czerny’s tempo is unfeasible, at least on a modern piano. Conveniently, #44 is yet...
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rudyapffelmusic
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #45, 4 Versions
For me the most formidable technical hurdle of this study is fingering the grace notes and hitting the right ones at speed (playing the...
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