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Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4

Suffocation

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
4/4
Length
26 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

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The opening bars of Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written236 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand231 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots102 notes
  • Right-hand melody77 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E1 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 6ths, 7ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, octaves
  • Chords: inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. Credits