Description
No.7 crams 1,615 notes into 57 seconds, one of the denser studies encountered so far. The music likely tumbles forward in quick, unbroken figuration, testing both finger agility and wrist flexibility together. Studies of this density reflect the practical, foundational role Czerny's Op.299 has long played in piano training.
Forty studies by Czerny that build the technique for fast passagework, developing finger independence and agility.
About the Composer
Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Carl Czerny was a Viennese pianist and composer who studied under Beethoven and later taught Franz Liszt. He is best known for his enormous output of piano etudes, which remain widely used in piano pedagogy around the world today. This site includes 109 of his works, such as pieces from the 160 Eight-Measure Exercises.
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