The piece begins on the C-sharp minor with the structure of Lassan, with a brief yet dramatic introduction. The first part also contained some playful and capricious moments, Lizst used Lassan to modulate freely, especially to the tonic major and the relative major. Lassan is a Hungarian word for "slowly". It is the slow section Hungarian folk dance called the csárdás, it is used in most of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, it generally either has a dark, somber tone or a formal, stately one. The second section is the Friska. It opens quietly in the key of F-sharp minor, but on its dominant chord, C-sharp major, recalling a theme from Lassan. Friska is a Hungarian word meaning fresh which is used for the second section of Hungarian Rhapsody No.2. Friska is the fast section of the Hungarian folk dance csárdás, Lizst took the form from the dance and used it as the fast section in his Hungarian Rhapsodies. The Friska is generally either turbulent or jubilant in tone.