Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Fugue in A minor, B. 144
- Level
- 4 of 7
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Time
- 2/2
- Length
- 70 bars
- Plays in
- 1 to 3 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at half note = 61: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante, two thirds of it counted in half notes. 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 written705 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots415 notes
- Right-hand melody349 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 A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G2 to G4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, octaves
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. Credits