Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I
Andante, the first movement
No. 16 of 30 in Schirmer's Sonatina Album
On the RCM Level 8 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.
- As written1633 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1530 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots810 notes
- Right-hand melody667 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 3, engraved on its own page.
To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to F6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, octaves
- Chords: triads, inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1893, ed. Louis Köhler, plate 10879 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827. Credits