Saturday, June 12, 2010

Chopin’s Étude Op. 10, No. 5

For you, Mom (although I'll bet you already knew this)..















This is bar 66 of Chopin’s Étude Op. 10, No. 5. The red F is noteworthy because it’s the only point in the whole composition that the right hand touches a white key — apart from that, it plays black keys exclusively.

Jascha Heifetz once asked Ayke Agus to close her eyes while he played the piece for her. “It sounded strange,” she wrote, “and when I peeked I saw that he was playing it with an orange.”

Via

Sure enough! Take a look:

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