étude

[ ey-tood, ey-tyood, ey-tood, ey-tyood; French ey-tyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural é·tudes [ey, -toodz, ey, -tyoodz, ey-, toodz, ey-, tyoodz, ey-, tyd].

a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
study ( def 12 ).

étude

/ etyd; ˈeɪtjuːd /

a short musical composition for a solo instrument, esp one designed as an exercise or exploiting technical virtuosity

Origin of étude¹

From French, dating back to 1830–40; study

Origin of étude¹

C19: from French: study

Etude sur les diverses grandeurs, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1897.

Unquī′etness, state of disturbance, restlessness; Unquī′etude, inquietude.

Varvara Pavlovna played a brilliant and difficult etude by Hertz very correctly.

But why not select an easy Etude by Chopin and make a start?

Opus 10, No. 5, is the "Black Key" etude, so called because all the notes of the right hand are on black keys.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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