Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: III

Allegro, the finale

Level: 3 of 7
Key signature: no sharps or flats
Time: 2/4
Length: 82 bars
Plays in: 1 to 2 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 138: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro. 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 Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3: III — 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 written867 notes
Melody and a simpler left hand863 notes
Melody and left-hand roots518 notes
Right-hand melody438 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 E6, with ledger lines
No key signature to keep in mind
Accidentals: sharps outside the key
Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), octaves, 5ths, 6ths
Chords: inverted triads, triads
Hands playing together, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position

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, 1904, ed. Louis Köhler, plate 17134 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Muzio Clementi died in 1832. Credits