Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874)
Ballade, Op. 100 No. 15
From 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100
No. 15 of 25 in Burgmüller's 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100
In Easy pieces that sound hard
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 90: the middle speed of the 19 studies and exercises in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written865 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand562 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots343 notes
- Right-hand melody246 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 G3 to C7, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 6ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 7ths
- Chords: triads, inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, 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 typeset by Bas Wassink for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Friedrich Burgmüller died in 1874. Credits