Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Prelude in D, Op. 28 No. 5
- Level
- 5 of 7
- Key signature
- 2 sharps
- Time
- 3/8
- Length
- 39 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. 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 written458 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand423 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots243 notes
- Right-hand melody204 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 F6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), octaves, 4ths, 7ths
- Chords: triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typeset by Knute Snortum for the Mutopia Project (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted for Clefsight; our version and its easier versions are shared under the same licence; the composition is public domain: Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. Credits