Chopin etude Op. 25 No. 7: tutorial for small hands

Tips and tricks for pianists with small hands in this tutorial on the Chopin Cello Etude. Strategies including the one-eared llama hand position. Also a brief manifesto: why you should play this etude with less pedal than you think.
You can hear Jocelyn Swigger’s recording of the complete Chopin etudes, with original ornaments and on an 1841 Erard piano tuned to a historically informed temperament:
on Con Brio Recordings at www.conbriorec...
on Spotify at open.spotify.c...
For information about studying piano with Dr. Swigger at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College, visit
gettysburg.edu/...