Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
In Waltzes
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 152: the middle speed of the 9 waltzes and German dances in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
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 written1839 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1657 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots1033 notes
- Right-hand melody852 notes
Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.
The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand 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 G3 to C7, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1894, ed. Rafael Joseffy, plate 25502 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. Credits