Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
Variation 20, from La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250
One of Buxtehude's 32 variations (partite) for harpsichord on the aria La Capricciosa
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 written230 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand176 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots86 notes
- Right-hand melody70 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 2, 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 B3 to E5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G2 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 6ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms
Sections
The piece in 2 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
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Score from a copy shared on MuseScore (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Dietrich Buxtehude died in 1707. Credits
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