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Carl Czerny (1791–1857)

Study in Thirds

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
2/4
Length
64 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Study in Thirds
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written780 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand486 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots350 notes
  • Right-hand melody286 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A4 to F6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to D4, 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: 6ths, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), octaves, 4ths, 5ths
  • Chords: triads
  • One hand moving while the other holds, hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns

What stands between you and this piece

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Carl Czerny died in 1857. Credits