Chopin's most beloved melody and WHY

The most beautiful melody he ever wrote? Well, that's what he said at least, but it is a stunning piece. In this analysis we look at how Chopin constructed one of his most beautiful melodies in étude no.3 opus 10. Contributing patreons can also download the non-chord tone analysis and the harmonic reduction + extra slides. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:55 harmonic analysis + recording 02:32 Outline + first impressions 04:13 1. Melody 07:28 2. Middle voice & bassline 09:40 3. Overall structure 10:22 4. The Climax 12:25 Outro Piano recording by Edmard Neeman.