The strict periodic structure contains eight-bar periods-two in the A section, forming a regular 16-bar period, three in the middle one and in the final A section a single eight-bar period expanded by five bars. Like all of Chopin's other études, this work is in ternary form A–B–A. Musicologist Hugo Leichtentritt (1874–1951) describes the three- (and sometimes four-) voice texture thus: "A melody of painful, elegiac expression over a slow, almost sluggish, bass, in-between a winding middle voice which, despite its narrow range adds a great inner agitation." A characteristic trait of the melody are the chromatic auxiliary notes played on the beat and approached by disjunct motion. Structure and stylistic traits Harmonic reduction (bars 1–9) after Hugo Leichtentritt This étude focuses on expressivity and chromatic structuring of the melody as well as polyphonic texture. The tempo Andante in 6Ĩ and con molto espressione indicate a more moderate playing speed than Chopin's other études with the exception of Op. 10, No. 3 and Op. 25, No. 7. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the sixth piece of his Études, Op. 10. Étude Op. 10, No. 6, in E ♭ minor, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830.
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