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  2. Étude Op. 10, No. 11 (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    Étude Op. 10, No. 11, in E ♭ major, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is sometimes known as the "Arpeggio" or "Guitar" Étude. The chief difficulty addressed in this piece is the performance of extended arpeggiated chords. Throughout, the hands are required to stretch intervals as large as twelfths.

  3. String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 74, was written in 1809 and is nicknamed the "Harp" quartet.. The nickname "Harp" refers to the characteristic pizzicato sections in the allegro of the first movement, where pairs of members of the quartet alternate notes in an arpeggio, reminiscent of the plucking of a harp.

  4. Barre chord - Wikipedia

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    A, E major barre chord, then open E major chord. Play open E-major chord arpeggio, then barre, then open ⓘ In music, a Barre chord (also spelled bar chord) is a type of chord on a guitar or other stringed instrument played by using one finger to press down multiple strings across a single fret of the fingerboard (like a bar pressing down the ...

  5. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Open E ♭ 5 tuning – E ♭-B ♭-e ♭-b ♭-e ♭ ' This is achieved by removing the fourth (G) string, tuning both Es and the B down a half step, and the A and D strings up a half-step. This creates a five-string power chord. Jacob Collier's "mirrored" tuning – D-A-e-a-d' As explained to the guitarist Paul Davids in a YouTube video [68].

  6. Mazurkas, Op. 17 (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    The main theme is charming, yet reflective and has a hesitant and gloomy tone. The brief middle section contains slight harmonic ambiguities and creates a more intimate atmosphere. Soon, the main theme is reprised and the piece ends with intricate arpeggio patterns extending to the piano's upper register, eventually fading quietly.

  7. Étude Op. 10, No. 6 (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    Harmonic reduction (bars 1–9) after Hugo Leichtentritt. 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 [in sixteenth notes] which, despite its narrow range adds a great inner agitation."

  8. E-flat major - Wikipedia

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    E-flat major was the second-flattest key Mozart used in his music. For him, E-flat major was associated with Freemasonry; "E-flat evoked stateliness and an almost religious character." [4] Edward Elgar wrote his Variation IX "Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations in E-flat major. Its strong, yet vulnerable character has led the piece to become a ...

  9. Harmonic minor scale - Wikipedia

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    For example, the triad E ♭ –G–B in first inversion is G–B–E ♭, which is enharmonically equivalent to the augmented triad G–B–D ♯. One chord, with various spellings, may therefore have various harmonic functions in various keys. The seventh chords built on each scale degree follow a distinct pattern.