Piano etude

Hey. 

I hope I can get some feedback on this composition.

Thank you very much.

Hi @Bjarke,

Do you play piano yourself? This etude can be really difficult to be played! For me the piece very exhausting to pianists since playing all those spread chord can be very tiring for the RH!

The Bb LH in b.1-3, 28 is right on the RH zone there. That will make it almost impossible to play cleanly.

I think the Db of RH in b.1-2 can have C# instead to prevent those D natutals.

In b.28-32 and 75 I suggest you to use bass clef for RH for those low notes.

Is b.58-61 played by both hands? This will be easier yo play instead of having RH playing those thick chords quickly! You can add a m.s. marking there to indicate notes by L.H. though.

The etude itself is intense. You can add more details like dynamic marking and slurs to make it even more intense.

Thanks for sharing

Henry

Wow - this piece is especially difficult to follow along in the score since it's (almost) an uninterrupted series of 16th notes.  I like the change in texture you introduce when the right hand plays by itself in the higher range of the piano.  Like @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu mentioned - some of your piece isn't possible to play in its current rendition.  But I think if you managed to reduce the distance between the tremolo-like oscillations that the right hand has to perform it might become more feasible (although it might still be a wrist killer but I guess that's the idea since it's an etude).  Thanks for sharing!

I like the harmonies a lot, but I had to strain to hear them. The volume of the entire composition must be increased. But more importantly, the balancing of your bass is very off.  You want to balance your left hand so that the bass is much more audible compared to your right hand. As far as the composition, having a fast piece that plays without any pauses can actually work, but since you have just one tempo throughout, it creates this very monotonous tone unfortunately.

You do break it up at around 1:05 when you change up the style a bit, and I loved that part.

But there are ways to record music to keep your original intent and not sound so monotonous. And this has to do with adding in your tempo changes and articulations. This helps create more of a player-like feel to the piece. If you want to learn more about this, check out my video about another Etude that also had a similar problem. And you can see some of the techniques I used (and listen to the before and after results).

Nuancing an Etude (tips and tricks)