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étude; study piece; practice composition
A musical composition designed to develop a specific technical skill in performance. While primarily a practice piece, many étude are also performed in concerts as standalone works of artistic merit.
ショパンの演習曲を練習している。
I'm practicing Chopin's études.
この演習曲は指の独立を鍛えるのに適している。
This étude is suitable for training finger independence.
ピアノの演習曲には、チェルニーやハノンのように技術的な訓練を目的としたものが多い。
Among piano études, many are aimed at technical training, such as those by Czerny and Hanon.
A compound of 演習 (practice, exercise) and 曲 (musical piece). The loanword エチュード (from French étude) is also widely used, especially in conversational contexts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ピアノの演習曲 — piano étude
- 演習曲を弾く — to play an étude
- 演習曲集 — collection of études
FAMOUS EXAMPLES:
- ショパンの演習曲 — Chopin's Études (Op. 10, Op. 25), considered masterpieces of both technical challenge and musical beauty
- チェルニー — Czerny, composer of fundamental piano exercises
- ハノン — Hanon, known for systematic finger exercises
- リストの超絶技巧演習曲 — Liszt's Transcendental Études
RELATED TERMS:
- エチュード — étude (loanword from French, interchangeable in music contexts)
- 練習曲 — practice piece (synonym, sometimes used interchangeably)
- 教則本 — instruction book, method book (a book of graded exercises)