Prelude in A flat, Op. 28 No. 17

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written2483 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1306 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots380 notes
• Right-hand melody290 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 A3 to B5, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from D1 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 flats (A♭ major or F minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, flats 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, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: octaves, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths, 4ths, 2nds (steps)
• Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms