演習曲(えんしゅうきょく)

えんしゅうきょく
noun
étude; study piece; practice composition
academicmusic
1. 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(えんしゅうきょく)を練習(れんしゅう)している。
I'm practicing Chopin's études.
この演習曲(えんしゅうきょく)は指(ゆび)の独立(どくりつ)を鍛(きた)えるのに適(てき)している。
This étude is suitable for training finger independence.
ピアノの演習曲(えんしゅうきょく)には、チェルニーやハノンのように技術的(ぎじゅつてき)な訓練(くんれん)を目的(もくてき)としたものが多(おお)い。
Among piano études, many are aimed at technical training, such as those by Czerny and Hanon.

A compound of 演習(えんしゅう) (practice, exercise) and 曲(きょく) (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(えんしゅうきょく) — piano étude
  • 演習曲(えんしゅうきょく)を弾(ひ)く — to play an étude
  • 演習曲(えんしゅうきょく)集(しゅう) — collection of études

Famous examples

  • ショパンの演習曲(えんしゅうきょく) — 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(ちょうぜつぎこう)演習曲(えんしゅうきょく) — Liszt's Transcendental Études

Related words

  • エチュード — étude (loanword from French, interchangeable in music contexts)
  • 練習曲(れんしゅうきょく) — practice piece (synonym, sometimes used interchangeably)
  • 教則本(きょうそくぼん) — instruction book, method book (a book of graded exercises)

Related Words

Related: 練習曲(れんしゅうきょく) (practice piece)
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Added 2026.4.27 23:29 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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