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Carl Czerny (1791–1857)

Short Exercise, Op. 821 No. 4

160 Kurze Übungen op. 821

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
6/8
Length
8 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

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The opening bars of Short Exercise, Op. 821 No. 4
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written137 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand130 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots47 notes
  • Right-hand melody39 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C6, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position

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