Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Prelude in F sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 8
- Level
- 6 of 7
- Key signature
- F♯ minor
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 34 bars
- Plays in
- 1 to 2 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 100: the middle speed of the 68 pieces in 4/4 in the library whose files set one. 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 written1558 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1548 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots1062 notes
- Right-hand melody1028 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 A6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: octaves, 3rds (skips), 4ths, 2nds (steps), 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Moving the hand to a new position, hands playing together, hands in different rhythms, one hand moving while the other holds
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