4 Chopin Etudes I will NEVER play 

Dont know which substances this girls had been using; never heard anyone say opus 10 no 2 is one of the easy ones.

When I first started the Chopin Etudes, they were all impossible. The trick was learning them before I played them.

I learned the thirds etude one time. In my opinion, the difficult thing about the etude is playing the left hand with the right hand without messing up the right hand. Learning how to play fast thirds in one hand is difficult enough, but learning to play fast thirds in one hand with accompaniment in the other is one of the most challenging things in piano technique.

If you think you can never play a piece then you never will.

Interesting... I've actually never heard anyone say that they fear 25-9. If it's the constant pattern you fear, personally I would rank 10-10 higher, especially since it calls for different articulations too. As for 25-8, I think it's one of those pieces that you need to listen a few times and then it grows on you. The harmonies and modulations are actually quite beautiful and satisfying, and I think it's also worth learning because it's super short!

haha love the video. I personally think op 10 no 2 is really difficult but maybe cause my pinkies are very weak hence the use for the Etude lol Currently practicing op 10 no 1 and having so much fun with it. Earned a sub and like from me! Cheers!

Nice video! Glad you mentioned the op 25 no.8 because I think its difficulty is very underrated. Is one of the hardest along with Op 10 No.1 and 2, Op25 No.6 and 11

this deserves more views ngl

Played by heart Op.10/1 (Arpeggios), 8 (F major); Op.25/6 (Thirds), 8 (Sixths), 11(Winter Wind), 12 (Ocean). Absolutely love them. The Sixths and the Ocean were surprisingly easy to acquire. Memorised them both simultaneously within a few weeks. But the Thirds literally took over a decade to polish and mature! Op.10 no.2 is not too hard for me, but I was completely distracted when I had just memorised it half way through (by his monumental B minor Sonata Op.58). I'm not interested in Op.10/4, 7, 11 and Op.25/3, 4, 9, 10. I seriously doubt if I would ever learn them.

When someone start saying any Chopin song is "easy" the alarm is going loud as a musician. Yes some are easier than others but Chopin was crazy in using litterally all theory that exist. He's for sure God Tier even among other top composers. You just never say any of his songs are "easy" or "easier". You show respect when sitting down with one of his pieces, unless you are Mozart.

That’s the thing about the etudes. Lots say that some are natural while others are not. These etudes horrify me. Yet my hands can do sixths pretty well

cool video

I really enjoy your videos. I almost choked when you listed the fourth piece, until you gave the reason why. What I like about it is that's it's technically one of the easiest, it's short and cute, and I think there's a lot you can do with interpretation, like using different dynamics for the repeat of the first theme, touch (stacatto/legato), accenting different notes, and tempo. I'm sure that's true for most, if not all, pieces. I listen for creativity. I've only played four of them, because they're technically the easiest for me and I'm a hack: Op 10 No 5, Op 10 No 12, and Op 25 No 1, and Op 25 No 9. I'm sure you and your fans would recognize and appreciate the nuances in pieces more than I would, given your/their experience and proficiency. You might want to listen to Arielle Beck play the Op 25 etudes to hear her interpretions. In No 2, she highlights the left-hand melody, especially near the end; also in No 5 using the thumb when repeating the first theme; and in No 10, emphasizing latent melodies in the slow section with both hands. Even in No 6, she does a great job attending to the melody, given the difficulty of playing double thirds. The video is "Arielle Beck (14 yo) Chopin 12 Etudes Op 25".

25 no 9 is doable! it + revolutionary were the first my teacher gave me - i did, uh, quit before properly learning them, not for any good reason. but once you learn the RH the chords actually feel really natural, like they fit the shape of the hand (i remember feeling this and being surprised). same feeling with black key (excepting a few parts). the lh jumps and putting the hands together and playing at tempo while keeping it light - that's another story. but it sounds really nice, quick, short - always a motivation to take it on. of course, several of the other etudes are varying degrees of nightmarish - op. 25 no 6 the one i think almost nobody disagrees on.

I play 10. 2., 10. 12., 25. 6. and 25. 12. And now they are easy after years of practice. There is no Chopin etude that wouldn't demand your focus and time. But as a reward, it can completly change your playing and understanding. So I can recommend not only playing, but even studying Chopin etudes (there is a lot from Bach)

Op10, 2 is a whole lot less impossible on a good, RESPONSIVE acoustic piano keyboard. I learnt it on a Roland LX708 with Pianoteq. That was HARD. I'm now doing it on a Kawai NV10, again, with Pianoteq. If I use the Kawai's internal voices then the keyboard becomes fairy-light and I can play it like Horowitz - but there is no dynamic range in those voices. It sounds robotic.

Op 25 no 9 is a difficult one(took me like 9 months since I just barely been playing for a year). I will say that it challenging but very rewarding and fun to show off.

I found op. 25 no. 8 to be very hard but also one of the most valuable studies I have ever learned. I have also played op. 25 no. 9, which I consider less difficult and more fun to listen to.

next up: the 18 liszt etudes I will NEVER play

Don't be afraid of the Butterfly Etude, Op. 25 No. 9. I hate to say it, but it's not as hard as it looks, and it sounds amazing. Don't be terrified. Sit down when nobody's looking and carefully play through the first section, let's say five times. I think you might get over the terror. I found it really fun to play.

If you think those are hard you should check out Leopold Godowsky’s Studies on these etudes.

I personally find the op. 10/2 the only really hard one on your list, especially if played right after the op.10/1. In my opinion, the hardest are op 10: 1, 2, 10 and 11 and op. 25: 3, 4, 10 and 11. Other etudes are even more difficult, if we consider only their “sportive” aspect (Liszt, Bartok, Prokofiev, Ligeti…), but the Chopin etudes become *REALLY* hard if you want to play them with a glorious sound quality all the time. To me, that’s the real challenge. Perfection of execution, clear phrasing and articulation, and always making music with the best possible sound quality.

I wanna learn the waterfall etude so bad

Op. 10 No. 1 is my favorite. It’s not too difficult, compared to the ones in this video in my opinion (other than voicing, the CFCF arpeggios, and some awkward hand positions), but the right hand can hurt sometimes. Not nearly as hard as Godowsky’s versions of it though

The only one I haven't learned is Op. 10 No. 2, and I don't think I'll even bother trying that one. It's very hard and doesn't sound particularly appealing to me. The main difficulty of Op. 25 No. 10 isn't really the double octaves. Normal double octaves are easy, but LEGATO octaves are hard. The main difficulty of this etude is to make the double octaves sound smooth while still powerful. The middle lyrical section is a killer for small-hand people. I personally found Op. 25 No. 8 very easy (well, technique-wise), maybe it's because I have a very good 14-25 stretch. This is really an easier version of Brahms Paganini Variation 2 in book 1. Much shorter and slower than the thirds etude so stamina isn't a problem. Op. 25 No. 6... forget about playing this on a digital piano - the key response just isn't fast enough for you to trill at 138 BPM, or even at 120 BPM even if you get a top tier digital like CLP 775/785. I played this at 120 BPM on some grands with light keytouch, but at the same speed on a digital piano the keys aren't even back to a "ready-to-be-pressed-again" position for you to execute the trill properly after the first press. Same problem for fast repeated notes like in Ravel's Toccata or Liszt's La Campanella. Of course this is a very technically challenging piece, but I want to point out that this kind of techniques are very dependent on the piano's key response. Don't try these on a keyboard. The ones I don't think I will perform are the two most not-so-famous ones - Op. 10 No. 10 and Op. 10 No. 11.

op 25 no 9 was actually the first chopin etude i learned becuase it was the shortest so i thought it shouldn't be that hard to learn. Boy was i wrong, the piece was only 1 minute but the stress in your arms from the repetitive motion is insane.

The most epic etude in my opinion is the Revolutionary Etude. And it's also somewhat achievable for intermediate pianists to play well.

Honestly the only Chopin etudes I could see myself learning soon is op. 10 3 and Op.25 1 haha

Most people definitely think that 10 2 is one of the most difficult lol those girls are crazy

You have to relax your hand and use 95 percent weight transfer to do avoid tension exhaustion.

the octaves etude is not that hard i feel like compared to the thirds one and op. 10-2

1:00 maybe they meant op. 25 no. 2 ???

Op 25 no 9 isn't THAT bad, i think that instead of that etude you could've put op 10 no 7... that thing like is if op 25 no 6 and 8 had a kid

Wtf op 10 no 2 is NOT easy

I play all of them and they are not that hard haha - 9 public performances in total including Barcarolle to warm up with :)

It’s hard for everybody, they probably couldn’t play it good. but bro just do exercises for the weak fingers and eventually you will be able to play it

They aren't meant to be that fast. Maybe you won't play them the speed people playtl them now, but these are meant to be studies for students not for virtuosos.