Chopin Etude in c#m Opus 25 no 7

I want to make something perfectly clear right now:

Although I will be referring to this Etude as the one
that Chopin wrote for me - I have never met Chopin.

The reason I say that Chopin wrote this Etude for me
is that I can play it so well - and so easily.

Except for one small thing.

Well two things really and they aren't really small.

It's about the appoggiaturas - which are the tiny notes
that are meant to be played extremely fast and not only
that but you have to get it right folks.

Now when Chopin was writing this Etude - and I just
know he was thinking about me when he did - he said
Sue can nail this with no problem - but to make things
really interesting for her I'm gonna throw in a couple
appoggiaturas - for the left hand.

I want to say this about appoggiaturas for the left hand.

They are hard folks.  I don't know about anyone else -
but my left hand - when it comes to technique - is
weaker that my right hand.

Here's how I will deal with the really hard part of this
Etude that Chopin threw in there to trip me up:

I will copy the appoggiaturas onto a piece of music
paper  - making the notes bigger - and then see how
it goes from there.

I count 58 little notes in the first appoggiatura and 33
in the second one. 

But that's not all that you have to deal with here.  Because
the right hand has to be taken into account too - and along
with the 58 note appoggiatura you have to fit in six eighth
note chords - in the right places - and four eighth note
chords in the second one.

Just in thinking about it I can hear my left hand
saying already - Sue come on I'm too weak to do this.
But I've not having it - and I shoot back - Shutup -
just shutup.  We can do this so don't give me any of
that 'I'm too weak crap.'

Can I play this Etude?

Absolutely.

But can I play it with the appoggiaturas?

I have no choice - because Chopin wrote this Etude
and if he wanted the appoggiaturas in there - whether
they are there to trip me up or not - then you have to
learn to play them. And if you are not willing to take
the time and effort to do that - or if ultimately you
just cannot do it - then you can't say that you can
play this Etude.


Because folks - you don't wanna fool around with the
Master Composers.













but really isn't appoggiatura a really cool word...







kinda like plutocrat