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Ken Beck's avatar

well, a better (and actually french as opposed to spanish or italian) would be ‘etudette.’ but etude is already a diminutive… ‘short study.’

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Philip DeWalt's avatar

Alkan would disagree with 'short.'

A quick google check yields further disagreement - Merriam Webster has no 'short' in their definition and in point of fact many etudes are of enormous length, but I get your drift.

Perhaps we should start adapting sonatettes in the future.

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