Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Yegah Musicology Journal, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.1-20, 2026 (Scopus)
Piano music requires both hands to move together in coordination and in independence. The physiological differences between the hands affect their strength and ability. Piano education focuses extensively on the details of the coordination of two hands. Separately practicing the hands is also important. Therefore, aside from practicing pieces composed for both hands separately, etudes specifically composed for the left hand help it gain independence. Developing left hand skills and fostering cooperation between hands will improve performance. There are etudes composed to achieve this goal. Carl Czerny composed numerous studies to develop different techniques and they are practiced by many pianists all over the world. In addition to his etudes for both hands and for the left hand, he composed etudes for the “left hand alone”. In these left-hand-alone etudes, pianists are required to represent the melody and accompaniment parts solely with their left hand. This means that the left hand should be able to meet the needs of both hands and precisely separate the two musical lines. To this end, this research study analyzes two op. 735 etudes by Czerny, composed exclusively for the left hand, from musical and technical perspectives. The study was carried out with literature survey, one of the qualitative research methods. It is observed that legato, staccato, arpeggios, chords, octaves, irregular divisions, ornaments and leaps were used in the etudes. It was concluded that the etudes were composed to highlight the advantages of the left hand’s physiological structure and to enhance its playing skills by acknowledging its disadvantages.