Description
No.8 is a substantial study at 69 seconds and 1,601 notes, testing endurance in both length and speed. Sustaining an even touch through fast passages for this long calls for relaxed, tension-free playing throughout the arm. It serves intermediate players well as physical preparation for more advanced technique ahead.
Forty studies by Czerny that build the technique for fast passagework, developing finger independence and agility.
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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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