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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Twenty-four preludes, one in every major and minor key, going round the circle of fifths with each major followed by its relative minor; published in 1839.

The library has 8 of the book's 24 numbers, levels 4 to 6. Not in the library: Nos. 2, 3, 9–16, 18, 19, and 21–24.

Pieces

8

Levels

4 to 6

Key signatures

4 flats to 3 sharps

Length

13 to 90 bars

In the book's order

Each with its number and level, and easier versions made from the score itself, so you can start below a piece's level and work up to it as written.

• Prelude in C, Op. 28 No. 1
  no sharps or flats, 2/8, 34 bars
  No. 1 of 24; level 6
• Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
  1 sharp, 4/4, 26 bars
  No. 4 of 24; level 4
• Prelude in D, Op. 28 No. 5
  2 sharps, 3/8, 39 bars
  No. 5 of 24; level 5
• Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
  2 sharps, 3/4, 26 bars
  No. 6 of 24; level 4
• Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7
  3 sharps, 3/4, 17 bars
  No. 7 of 24; level 4
• Prelude in F sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 8
  3 sharps, 4/4, 34 bars
  No. 8 of 24; level 6
• Prelude in A flat, Op. 28 No. 17
  4 flats, 6/8, 90 bars
  No. 17 of 24; level 6
• Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20
  3 flats, 4/4, 13 bars
  No. 20 of 24; level 5

An order to learn them in

The same pieces from the easiest, by the level fitted to each score; within a level, in the book's order. Teachers skip about in these books, and so can you.

1. Level 4 Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7 · Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6 · Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
2. Level 5 Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20 · Prelude in D, Op. 28 No. 5
3. Level 6 Prelude in C, Op. 28 No. 1 · Prelude in F sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 8 · Prelude in A flat, Op. 28 No. 17

Other teaching books

Every book five or more library pieces are from.

• Köhler's Very Easiest Exercise Pieces, Op. 190 24
• Duvernoy's École primaire, Op. 176 16 of 25
• Mozart's first pieces, K. 1a–1f 6 of 6
• Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725) 10 of 20
• Burgmüller's 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 16 of 25
• Le Couppey's L'Alphabet, Op. 17 25 of 25
• Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37 29 of 50
• Czerny's 160 Eight-Measure Exercises, Op. 821 19 of 160
• Czerny's School of Velocity, Op. 299 6 of 40
• Clementi's Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 6 of 6
• Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68 21 of 43
• Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15 7 of 13
• Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28 8 of 24