Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.

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 written794 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand756 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots374 notes
• Right-hand melody314 notes

The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 4, 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 C7, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from G1 to F4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, octaves
• Chords: inverted triads, 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