Best Blocked Keys
György Ligeti's Étude No. 3, "Touches bloquées" (Blocked Keys), is the third piece in the first book of his piano études, composed in 1985. It is built around an unconventional technique in which the pianist silently depresses certain keys while striking adjacent ones, producing a sharp, percussive...
Why this score?
A striking blocked-key concept yields witty, fragmented textures and genuine musical tension, earning strong contemporary repertoire status.
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Étude No. 3, titled "Touches bloquées" (Blocked Keys), is a piano study composed in 1985 by the Hungarian-Austrian modernist composer György Ligeti. The piece requires the performer to silently hold down specific keys while striking fast, rhythmic patterns on adjacent notes, creating a muted, percus...
Why this score?
Inventive blocked key concept, strong specialist acclaim, memorable within Book I.
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