Clefsight No keyboard

Ferdinand Beyer (1806–1863)

Study in C, Op. 101 No. 52

From Beyer's Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101 (1850), a first book for young beginners

No. 52 in Beyer's Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101

Level
2 of 7
Time
6/8
Length
24 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 77: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegretto, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Study in C, Op. 101 No. 52
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written214 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots96 notes
  • Right-hand melody72 notes

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 B3 to G5, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, 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 C. F. Peters, Leipzig, 1895, ed. Adolf Ruthardt, plate 8033 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Ferdinand Beyer died in 1863. Credits