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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Pathétique Sonata: II

Adagio cantabile, the second movement of Sonata No. 8, Op. 13

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Level
6 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
73 bars
Plays in
3 to 6 min

Practise it

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.

The opening bars of Pathétique Sonata: II
The opening bars

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 written1623 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand796 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots378 notes
  • Right-hand melody306 notes

Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.

The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand at level 5, 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

  • Bass clef from F1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 4 flats (A♭ major or F minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 2nds (steps), 6ths, 5ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, seventh chords, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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Score typeset by Chris Sawer for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827. Credits

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