It's a set of 24 simple (5 fingers) exercises/little etudes. It's below op.599 in terms of difficulty in the sense the op.599 goes much further (it has 100 exercises) Re: Czerny exercises Re: musdan #2616094. I think that Chopin's Etude 3, op. 10 (Tristesse) is the easiest to play technically, having played and performed it. Of course, playing it musically.
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The first 10 exercises in op. 599 are really just basic note against note, and note against two notes exercises to gain basic hand independence. They also introduce all the notes of the grand staff. Then you have five finger exercises introducing basic phrasing, articulation, Alberti bass, triplets, chords, scale passages, legato thirds, etc. There is quite a bit of stuff just in the first 20 exercises and it's not always just one particular skill. There might be more than one difficulty in each exercise.
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Tchaikovsky, The Seasons op. 37 - October
I would like to recommend the Op. 72 Moszkowski etudes - there are about 15 of them - to students.
These are fantastic little pieces for not only working on technique, but in preparation for more difficult repertoire like the Chopin Etudes and Liszt etudes.
They are very musical - so much so that even Horowitz would program some as you well know.
They are not necessarily easy to be sure - but they are straight forward for the most part, and the technical difficulties can be overcome much faster than in more difficult Etudes of Chopin.
These are fantastic little pieces for not only working on technique, but in preparation for more difficult repertoire like the Chopin Etudes and Liszt etudes.
They are very musical - so much so that even Horowitz would program some as you well know.
They are not necessarily easy to be sure - but they are straight forward for the most part, and the technical difficulties can be overcome much faster than in more difficult Etudes of Chopin.