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Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6

Level
4 of 7
Key signature
B minor
Time
3/4
Length
26 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 116: the middle speed of the 50 pieces in 3/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written403 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand271 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots173 notes
  • Right-hand melody148 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 B3 to F5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from B1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 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

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score typeset by Magnus Lewis-Smith for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. Credits