List of Piano Études

When it grows up, this page will be a list of piano études, sorted by technical problem rather than composer.

Études are graded as easy, moderately easy, medium, moderately difficult, and difficult.

Études for Consecutive Notes

For Right Hand

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.2: C major etude requiring control of dynamics of right hand.
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.10: Vivo.
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.3: Etude in chromatic scale of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.1: Etude in C major, strenghening weak fingers of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.6: Etude in C major, requiring evenness of strength of five fingers of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.8: Etude in C major scale of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.14: Etude in A major, strenghening weak fingers of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.1: Etude in C major scale of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.26: Etude in A major, requiring sense of rhythm.
• Czerny, Op.740 No. 13: Etude in B-flat major, studing B-flat major scale and arpegiated big chord.
• Czerny, Op.740 No. 17: Etude in A minor scale in rapid tempo.
• Czerny, Op.740 No. 25: Etude in D-flat major scale.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.1: Etude in C major, requiring evenness of strength of five fingers.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.3: Etude of 1-2-1-5 pattern of right hand.
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.2: Left hand and fingers 1, 2 of right hand plays chord, and fingers 3, 4, 5 of right hand plays chromatic scale.

For Left Hand

• Czerny, Op.849 No.9: Etude in F major scale of left hand. In some parts, right hand also plays scale.
• Heller, Op.45 No.23: Etude in D minor.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.2: Etude in C major scale for left hand.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.7: Etude of 5-3-2-1 or 5-4-2-1 pattern for left hand.
• Czerny, Op.718 No.1: C major etude for left hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.5: F major etude for F major and C major scale for left hand.
• Czerny, Op.718 No.7: G major etude. Requiring staccato touch of left hand.
• Czerny, Op.718 No.9: E major etude. Requiring E major scale and argpeggio in one octave for left hand.
• Czerny, Op.718 No.13: Left hand chromatic scale.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.2: Requiring evenness of five fingers of left hand.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.4: Etude of 1-2-1-5 pattern of left hand.

For Both Hands

• Heller, Op.45 No.3: Right hand: Descending broken thirds. Left hand: Scale.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.11: Etude in G major scale.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.16: Requiring evenness of five fingers of both hands.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.18: Etude in E-flat major scale.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.21: Etude in chromatic scale.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.23: Etude in double scale consisting of two hands passage.
• Czerny, Op.849 No.30: Etude in C major unison consecutive notes patterns.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.5: Etude in C major and G major scale of both hands, and 4-5 trill of right hand.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.9: Etude in C major and G major scale of both hands
• Czerny, Op.299 No.25: Etude in E-flat major. Etude in scale.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.29: Etude in double scale consisting of two hands passage.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.31: Chromatic scale etude in both hands. In later part, finger 5 of right hand plays top note, and other fingers of right hand plays chromatic scale.
• Czerny, Op.299 No.33: Etude in mordents and scale.
• Czerny, Op.740 No.1: Etude in C major scale.
• Czerny, Op.740 No.5: Etude in evenness in double scale passage.
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.1: Etude in evenness in double scale passage.
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.13: Etude in A major.
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.3: Finger 5 plays top or bass notes, and other fingers plays chromatic scale.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.5: Etude in scales.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.6: Etude in 1-2 trills and scale.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.14: Finger 1 plays top or base notes, and other fingers plays 2-3-4-5 pattern.
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.18: Chromatic scales
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.19: Etude in 1-2-3-4-5-4 or 1-2-3-4-5-3 patterns.
• Saint-Saëns, Op.111 No.2: Etude in chromatic scale.
• Prokofiev, Op.2 No.2: Etude in E minor scale and chromatic scale, with some notes which increases difficulties.

Études in Repeated Notes

• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.6: Etude in repeated notes of right hand and tremolo.
• Heller, Op.45 No.11: Etude in repeated notes of alternating hands
• Czerny, Op.849 No.12: Etude in G major, repeated notes of right hand
• Czerny, Op.299 No.22: Etude in G major, repeated notes of both hands
• Czerny, Op.740 No.7: Etude in C major, 2-1-5-1 pattern (fingers 1 and 2 plays same notes, finger 5 plays notes above octave); later pattern changes, but repeated notes passage exists still.
• Czerny, Op.740 No.32: Etude in uniformity in raising the fingers. (repeated notes are played by same fingers.); later repeated chords passage pattern.
• Czerny, Op.740 No.35: Etude for right hand, 4-3-2-1-5-1 pattern (fingers 1, 2, 3, 4 plays same notes, finger 5 plays notes above octave)
• Czerny, Op.718 No.15: For left hand repeated notes
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.22
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.3: etude in leaps and repeated notes
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.3: repeated double notes
• Saint-Saëns, Op.111 No.4: Diverse pattern
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.1: repeated double notes

Etudes for Trills, Alternating Fingers and Ornaments

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.11
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.12
• Heller, Op.45 No.19
• Czerny, Op.849 No.17
• Czerny, Op.849 No.20
• Czerny, Op.849 No.22
• Czerny, Op.299 No.4
• Czerny, Op.299 No.14
• Czerny, Op.740 No.22
• Czerny, Op.740 No.29
• Czerny, Op.740 No.42
• Czerny, Op.740 No.48
• Czerny, Op.718 No.14: For left hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.23: For left hand
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.10
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.11
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.25
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.1
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.7
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.10
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.15
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.8
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.9
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.10
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.11
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.12
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.13
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.17
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.21
• Chopin, Op.25 No.5
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.3

Études in Consecutive Broken Chords and Tremolo

• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.11
• Heller, Op.45 No.8
• Czerny, Op.299 No.14
• Czerny, Op.299 No.16
• Czerny, Op.299 No.27
• Czerny, Op.299 No.28
• Czerny, Op.299 No.37
• Czerny, Op.740 No.8
• Czerny, Op.740 No.27
• Czerny, Op.740 No.28
• Czerny, Op.740 No.37
• Czerny, Op.718 No.19: For left hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.20: For left hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.21: For left hand
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.6
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.12
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.15
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.23
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.27
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.12
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.1
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.3
• Prokofiev, Op.2 No.4

Études in Broken Big Chords and Arpeggios

• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.1
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.11
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.12
• Heller, Op.45 No.1
• Heller, Op.45 No.9
• Heller, Op.45 No.16
• Heller, Op.45 No.17
• Heller, Op.45 No.24
• Czerny, Op.849 No.15
• Czerny, Op.849 No.25
• Czerny, Op.299 No.3
• Czerny, Op.299 No.12
• Czerny, Op.299 No.19
• Czerny, Op.299 No.30
• Czerny, Op.299 No.32
• Czerny, Op.299 No.39
• Czerny, Op.740 No.2
• Czerny, Op.740 No.6
• Czerny, Op.740 No.12
• Czerny, Op.740 No.14
• Czerny, Op.740 No.21
• Czerny, Op.740 No.26
• Czerny, Op.740 No.28
• Czerny, Op.740 No.31
• Czerny, Op.740 No.36
• Czerny, Op.740 No.37
• Czerny, Op.740 No.46
• Czerny, Op.740 No.47
• Czerny, Op.740 No.50
• Czerny, Op.718 No.3: For Left Hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.6: For Left Hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.11: For Left Hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.18: For Left Hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.22: For Left Hand
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.2
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.18
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.24
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.4
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.9
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.11
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.14
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.17
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.7
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.15
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.16
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.20
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.22
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.23
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.24
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.25
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.26
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.27
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.28
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.29
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.30
• Pozzoli, Studi di media difficoltà No.31
• Chopin, Op.10, No.1 (79 measures; Allegro; C Major) Difficult. An essential work for strengthening the right hand and wrist and for developing rapid contractions and expansions of the hand.
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.9
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.11
• Chopin, Op.25 No.5
• Chopin, Op.25 No.12 (83 measures; Allegro molto con fuoco; C Minor) Moderately difficult. This work is the final etude of Opus 25; it consists entirely of sixteenth-note arpeggios, covering a great deal of the keyboard in the span of a single measure. The piece resolves itself with a climax in C Major, after taking the initial theme through a volley of different keys.
• Mendelssohn, Op.104b No.1
• Mendelssohn, WoO 1
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.1 (23 measures; Presto) Moderate.
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.4
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.6
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.7
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.10
• Liszt, S.144 No.3
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.1
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.2
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.4
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.7
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.12
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.5
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.1
• Rachmaninoff, Op.33 No.2
• Rachmaninoff, Op.33 No.3
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.6
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.1
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.4
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.11
• Prokofiev, Op.52 No.3

Études in Contraction and Extension with Velocity

• Czerny, Op.849 No.3
• Czerny, Op.849 No.26
• Czerny, Op.299 No.6
• Czerny, Op.299 No.8
• Czerny, Op.299 No.10
• Czerny, Op.299 No.11
• Czerny, Op.299 No.15
• Czerny, Op.299 No.17
• Czerny, Op.299 No.18
• Czerny, Op.299 No.20
• Czerny, Op.299 No.21
• Czerny, Op.299 No.23
• Czerny, Op.299 No.24
• Czerny, Op.299 No.34
• Czerny, Op.299 No.35
• Czerny, Op.718 No.10
• Czerny, Op.718 No.17
• Czerny, Op.740 No.3
• Czerny, Op.740 No.7
• Czerny, Op.740 No.8
• Czerny, Op.740 No.11
• Czerny, Op.740 No.12
• Czerny, Op.740 No.15
• Czerny, Op.740 No.16
• Czerny, Op.740 No.19
• Czerny, Op.740 No.20
• Czerny, Op.740 No.23
• Czerny, Op.740 No.24
• Czerny, Op.740 No.29
• Czerny, Op.740 No.35
• Czerny, Op.740 No.41
• Czerny, Op.740 No.42
• Czerny, Op.740 No.43
• Czerny, Op.740 No.44
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.4
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.5
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.8
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.9
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.16
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.21
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.22
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.19
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.20
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.21
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.23
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.24
• Mendelssohn, Op.104b No.2
• Mendelssohn, Op.104b No.3
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.5
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.8
• Chopin, Op.10, No.12 This piece is quite well known, and quite challenging. Chopin gives the left hand a non-stop workout of nearly olympic proportions. First with a rapidly descending passage that returns throughout the piece, and then with rapid passages of arpeggios. The right hand gets a rest for most of this piece, playing a few chords or octaves per measure, however it does join the left hand in a few wild and rapid escapades across the keyboard. Altogether a most difficult, but rewarding piece.
• Chopin, Etude Op.25 No.2

Etudes for Rhythm

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.17
• Heller, Op.45 No.5
• Czerny, Op.849 No.5
• Czerny, Op.849 No.19
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.17
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.18
• Chopin, Op.25 No.3
• Chopin, Op.25 No.5
• Chopin, 3 Nouvelles études, B.130, F minor etude
• Chopin, 3 Nouvelles études, B.130, A-flat major etude
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.4
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.2
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.4
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.1
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.2
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.6
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.7
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.8
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.1
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.2
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.3
• Szymanowski, Op.4 No.2
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.7
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.9

Études for Legato, Stacato, and Variety of Touches

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.4
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.7
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.8
• Heller, Op.45 No.5
• Heller, Op.45 No.6
• Heller, Op.45 No.25
• Czerny, Op.849 No.24
• Czerny, Op.740 No. 3
• Czerny, Op.740 No. 30
• Czerny, Op.718 No.4
• Czerny, Op.718 No.8
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.14
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.6
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.10
• Chopin, Op.25 No.5
• Chopin, Op.25 No.9
• Chopin, 3 Nouvelles études, B.130, D-flat major etude
• Liszt, S.144 No.1

Études in Leaps

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.3
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.10
• Heller, Op.45 No.13
• Czerny, Op.299 No.37
• Czerny, Etudes Op. 740 No. 9
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.25
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.16
• Chopin, Op.25 No.4
• Liszt, Transcendental Etude No.12 "Chasse Neige" (79 measures; Andante con Moto; B flat Minor) The second most difficult of Liszt's "12 Transcendal Studies" is a study of tremolos, but requires huge leaps across the keyboard, as the span of notes is very large. Also demanding are fast chromatic scales, and heavy chords which must be played at a dazzling speed near the end. Extremely difficult.
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.3
• Prokofiev, Op.2 No.2

Études in Changing and Crossing Hands

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.7
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.8
• Heller, Op.45 No.2
• Heller, Op.45 No.22
• Czerny, Etude Op.849 No.10
• Czerny, Etude Op.849 No.27
• Czerny, Etude Op.849 No.29
• Czerny, Op.299 No.32
• Czerny, Op.740 No.6
• Czerny, Op.740 No.18
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.12
• Mendelssohn, Op.104b No.1
• Mendelssohn, WoO 1
• Liszt, S.144 No.3

Études in Sustained Notes, Voicing and Polyphony

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.1
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.2
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.5
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.7
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.9
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.14
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.15
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.4
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.11
• Heller, Op.45 No.4
• Heller, Op.45 No.7
• Heller, Op.45 No.9
• Heller, Op.45 No.10
• Heller, Op.45 No.22
• Czerny, Op.849 No.2
• Czerny, Op.849 No.4
• Czerny, Op.849 No.7
• Czerny, Op.849 No.13
• Czerny, Op.299 No.27
• Czerny, Op.740 No.27
• Czerny, Op.740 No.45
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.20
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.24
• Chopin, Op.10, No.3: Moderately difficult
• Chopin, Op.10, No.6
• Chopin, Op.25 No.1
• Chopin, Op.25 No.7
• Chopin, 3 Nouvelles études, B.130, D-flat major etude
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.3
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.7
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.11
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.12
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.2
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.3
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.5
• Saint-Saëns, Op.111 No.3
• Scriabin, Op.2 No.1
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.8
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.11
• Scriabin, Op.42 No.4
• Rachmaninoff, Op.33 No.1
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.2
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.5

Études in Double Notes

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.6
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.5
• Heller, Op.45 No.12
• Heller, Op.45 No.21
• Czerny, Op.299 No.38
• Czerny, Etudes Op. 740 No. 10
• Czerny, Etudes Op. 740 No. 34
• Czerny, Etudes Op. 740 No. 39
• Czerny, Etudes Op. 740 No. 49
• Czerny, Op.718 No.2: For left hand
• Czerny, Op.718 No.12: For left hand
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.19
• Cramer, Etudes, Opp.30 & 40, No.29
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.3
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.13
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.23
• Chopin, Op.10, No.3 (77 measures; Lento ma non troppo; E Major) Moderately Difficult. Said Chopin of this etude, "In all my life I have never again been able to find such a beautiful melody." Indeed, it has a very slow and graceful melody; attention should be paid to the phrasing and legato ambience. The piece is very structurally straightforward, with one theme, a variation, and a final reiteration of the theme. The variation at measure 40 is where the etude becomes technically difficult to play. Although it stays chromatically centered around E Major, the passage, a long sequence of diminished seventh chords, is littered with accidentals and irregular rhythms that make it a challenge. The torrential variation eventually coalesces into the gentle rhythm of the first theme, and the Coda begins with a final restatement of the initial theme.
• Chopin, Op.10 No.7 (3 pages, Moderately Difficult) This etude is less played than it should be. Franz Liszt demonstrated it in his masterclasses as an example of the ideal to which any teaching piece should aspire. The right hand is constantly shifting from positions of a sixth to other intervals and then quickly back to the sixth. A great piece for strengthening the independence of finger groups required to play simultaneous 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, and 6ths. Unfortunately the action is restricted to the right hand, and the left is reduced to a mere accompaniment.
• Chopin Etude Op.25 no.6: Etudes in thirds
• Chopin, Op.25 No.8
• Debussy: Étude 3 pour les quartes. Etude in Fourths, Slower tempo, somewhat Oriental flavor.
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.4
• Liszt, Transcendental Etude No.5 "Feux Follets" (133 measures, Extremely Difficult) Considered to be the most difficult of Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes, Feux Follets demands absolute relaxation of the hand while ascending and descending chromatic scales at warp-speed. When done evenly, the repeated notes will create an other-worldly shimmering sound. This piece must not be practiced with stress.
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.3
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.5
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.1
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.5
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.6
• Saint-Saëns, Op.111 No.1
• Saint-Saëns, Op.111 No.5
• Saint-Saëns, Op.111 No.6
• Schumann, Toccata Op.7
• Tellefsen Sixths etude (6 pages, Difficult) Norwegian pupil of F.Chopin: A etude to practise broken chords passages (sixths), and endurence. Its also a nice concert-piece.
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.6
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.10
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.2
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.3
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.3
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.4
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.8
• Szymanowski, Op.4 No.1
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.2
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.8
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.12
• Prokofiev, Op.2 No.1
• Prokofiev, Op.2 No.3

Études in Octaves and Wider than Octaves

• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.9
• Czerny, Op.740 No.20
• Czerny, Op.740 No.33
• Czerny, Op.740 No.38
• Czerny, 6 Octave Studies Op.553
• Czerny, Op.718 No.24: For left hand
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.8
• Chopin, Op.25 No.10 A difficult piece if you wish to give Chopin his due. Stormy chromatic passages of parallel octaves characterize the beginning. The middle section is quite beautiful and seems something like the eye of a hurricane; it consists of gentle octave passages in the right hand with a calm left handed accompaniment. The piece concludes with a return to the stormy chromatic passages of parallel octaves seen in the beginning. Four pages of non-stop excitement!
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.4
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.7
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.2
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.3
• Kullak, Op.48
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.3
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.5
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.9
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.1 : Etudes in ninths

Études in Chords

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.12
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.16
• Burgmüller, Op.105 No.2
• Heller, Op.45 No.14
• Heller, Op.45 No.15
• Heller, Op.45 No.18
• Heller, Op.45 No.20
• Czerny, Op.849 No.28
• Czerny, Etudes Op. 740 No. 40
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.2
• Moschleles, Op.70 No.16
• Chopin, Etude Op.10 No.11
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.2 (102 measures; Molto vivace) Difficult.
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.4
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.8 "Wilde Jagd" (224 measures; Presto Furioso) {{#iflang:|en=It's been called the easiest of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, don't be fooled. Playing this piece is as wild a journey as its name evokes. A good part of it is occupied by strong chordal passages in both hands, evoking the famous "Devil's horn" imagery. It's a wicked piece, wickedly difficult, and wickedly much fun.
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.10
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.11
• Liszt, Ab irato (Étude de perfectionnement), S.143 It is difficult to decide where this work belongs, it contains passages in thirds, octaves, octaves with the addition of the third, etc... however it also contains a long and unbroken passage of beautiful arpeggios that span the entire keyboard. It's not quite the "perfect etude" which it is titled, however it is a great piece which is sadly underplayed. 4 pages long, Difficult.
• Scriabin, Op.8 No.12
• Scriabin, Op.65 No.3
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.5
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.6
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.7
• Rachmaninoff, Op.39 No.9
• Szymanowski, Op.4 No.2
• Szymanowski, Op.4 No.4
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.3
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.6
• Szymanowski, Op.33 No.7

Études for Diverse Patterns with Velocity

• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.13
• Burgmüller, Op.109 No.18
• Czerny, Op.299 No.36
• Czerny, Op.299 No.40
• Chopin, Op.10 No.4
• Chopin, Op.25, No.11 (96 measures; Allegro con brio; A Minor) Difficult. It is debatable whether this an etude for the right hand or the left; both hands play an important role throughout the piece, and must be given equal attention. However, while the left hand brings the melody solidly in heavy chords and octaves, the right hand is a tumultuous flow of rapid arpeggios and scales, making this etude an epic study of right hand dexterity and precision.
• Liszt, Ab irato (Étude de perfectionnement), S.143 It is difficult to decide where this work belongs, it contains passages in thirds, octaves, octaves with the addition of the third, etc... however it also contains a long and unbroken passage of beautiful arpeggios that span the entire keyboard. It's not quite the "perfect etude" which it is titled, however it is a great piece which is sadly underplayed. 4 pages long, Difficult.
• Liszt, Transcendental Étude No.6 (70 measures; Lento; G Minor) One of the "easier" Transcendental Studies, the piece's melody is played by the left hand while the right hand follows in flying arpeggios, wild tremolos, and powerful octaves. Difficult.
• Liszt, Grandes études de Paganini, No.3
• Liszt, S.144 No.2
• Liszt, S.145 No.1
• Liszt, S.145 No.2
• Saint-Saëns, Op.52 No.6

Études for the Right Hand Alone

• Alkan, Op. 76 "Trois Grandes Études" The first of the three Etudes by Alkan is for the left hand alone and quite difficult. However the level of difficulty rises - the second Etude for the right hand alone being more difficult than the third. The two Etudes culminate in the third Etude, which re-unites both hands - both hands playing the exact same notes at incredible speed.

Études for the Left Hand Alone

• Saint-Saëns, Op.135
• Moszkowski, Op.92 Moderately Difficult. An interesting set of etudes written specifically for left hand development.
• Godowsky No.26 A study crafted by Godowsky after Chopin's famous "Revolutionary Etude", it's a transcription where the entire piece is played by the left hand Played in C sharp minor, it is a a study which demands extreme technical skill by one's left hand. Extremely difficult.
• Alkan, Op. 76 "Trois Grandes Études" The first of the three Etudes by Alkan is for the left hand alone and quite difficult. However the level of difficulty rises - the second Etude for the right hand alone being more difficult than the third. The two Etudes culminate in the third Etude, which re-unites both hands - both hands playing the exact same notes at incredible speed.