During the height of the Romantic era in Europe, Chopin stood out as the most innovative composer. His compositions' swooning sentimentality reflects his own character traits. His emotions are fiery, his exterior is unadorned, and he pours himself all into his music. His innovative style of music became a fad in the mid-19th century. He also never wrote anything that didn't have a piano. Chopin’s etudes constitute an integral component of his body of work. It's impossible to compare his etudes to those of any other composer. It's a signature piece that takes things beyond the realm of just technology to something more creative. This thesis examines the history of and responses to Chopin's Etude No. 3 in Opus 10. It does so by examining the composition's structure and melody to better understand the composer's creative process and, by extension, his innovative contributions to music