Chopin Étude Op. 10, No. 7

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'Étude No. 7
Composition by Frédéric Chopin
Alternate name:	Toccata
Form:	Étude
Key/Time signature:	C major, 6/8
Tempo	Vivace
Date of composition:	1833
Composition number:	Op. 10 No. 7

Étude Op. 10, No. 7 is a solo piano étude composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1833.

[edit] Structure

This étude is played Vivace, in very quick time. Composed with three sections, this étude conforms with most of the others. The first theme is embellished by the left hand's bass melody, segues into a short second theme in D major, and then returns to the first theme. This étude is an exercise in intervals, as the right hand is always playing constantly changing intervals in quick sixteenth note rhythm.

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