page_title: Étude Op. 10, No. 5 (Chopin)
section_title: Black keys
hierarchical_section_title: Étude Op. 10, No. 5 (Chopin) / Black keys
caption_attribution_description: English: Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 5: melodic reduction in form of a Scottish jig after Hugo Leichtentritt (A section)
context_page_description: Étude Op. 10, No. 5 in G♭ major is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the fifth piece of his Études Op. 10. This work is characterized by the rapid triplet figuration played by the right hand exclusively on black keys, except for one note. This melodic figuration is accompanied by the left hand in staccato chords and octaves.
context_section_description: Étude Op. 10, No. 5 is known as the "Black Key Étude" as its right-hand part is entirely on black keys, except for one note. Leichtentritt states that the melodic character resulting from the use of black keys is "based on the pentatonic scale to which the piece owes its strangely playful, attractively primitive tint." He presents a melodic reduction of the right hand part which, played in octaves by piccolo and flute, resembles a frolicsome Scottish jig.
  The cadence to the coda (bar 66) contains the only white key, F♮, to be played by the right hand. But in the original editions the two thirds (G♭–E♭ and D♭–F♮) are placed on the left hand staff, though editors like Jan Ekier recommend them to be (partially) played by the right hand.
caption: Melodic reduction (in the style of a Scottish jig) after Leichtentritt (A section)
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