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Clementi: Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

Six sonatinas first published in 1797, the sonatinas most piano students learn first: three movements each, but No. 6, which has two.

The library has all 6 in 17 movements, levels 3 to 5.

Pieces

17

Levels

3 to 5

Key signatures

2 flats to 2 sharps

Length

26 to 181 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.

• Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1: I
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 76 bars
  No. 1 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1: II
  1 flat, 3/4, 26 bars
  No. 1 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1: III
  no sharps or flats, 3/8, 70 bars
  No. 1 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2: I
  1 sharp, 2/4, 119 bars
  No. 2 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2: II
  no sharps or flats, 3/4, 28 bars
  No. 2 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2: III
  1 sharp, 3/8, 111 bars
  No. 2 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: I
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 128 bars
  No. 3 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: II
  1 sharp, 4/4, 32 bars
  No. 3 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: III
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 82 bars
  No. 3 of 6; level 3
• Sonatina in F, Op. 36 No. 4: I
  1 flat, 3/4, 142 bars
  No. 4 of 6; level 4
• Sonatina in F, Op. 36 No. 4: II
  2 flats, 2/4, 46 bars
  No. 4 of 6; level 5
• Sonatina in F, Op. 36 No. 4: III
  1 flat, 2/4, 79 bars
  No. 4 of 6; level 4
• Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 5: I
  1 sharp, 4/4, 169 bars
  No. 5 of 6; level 4
• Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 5: II
  no sharps or flats, 3/8, 82 bars
  No. 5 of 6; level 4
• Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 5: III
  1 sharp, 2/4, 172 bars
  No. 5 of 6; level 4
• Sonatina in D, Op. 36 No. 6: I
  2 sharps, 4/4, 181 bars
  No. 6 of 6; level 4
• Sonatina in D, Op. 36 No. 6: II
  2 sharps, 6/8, 88 bars
  No. 6 of 6; level 4

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 3 Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1: II · Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2: II · Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: II · Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1: III · Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1: I · Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: III · Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2: III · Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2: I · Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: I
2. Level 4 Sonatina in F, Op. 36 No. 4: III · Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 5: II · Sonatina in D, Op. 36 No. 6: II · Sonatina in F, Op. 36 No. 4: I · Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 5: I · Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 5: III · Sonatina in D, Op. 36 No. 6: I
3. Level 5 Sonatina in F, Op. 36 No. 4: II

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