Clefsight No keyboard

Ferdinand Beyer (1806–1863)

Study in C, Op. 101 No. 61

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

No. 61 in Beyer's Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101

Level
2 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
16 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 138: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro. 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. 61
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 written117 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots70 notes
  • Right-hand melody54 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 G5 to G6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G3 to D4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, octaves
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, moving the hand to a new position

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