Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 1: II
Rondo: Allegretto, tempo di minuetto, the finale
No. 17 of 30 in Schirmer's Sonatina Album
On the RCM Level 6 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 77: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegretto, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. 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 written1004 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand974 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots587 notes
- Right-hand melody480 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 A3 to D6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from F2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, 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, 1893, ed. Louis Köhler, plate 10879 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Jan Ladislav Dussek died in 1812. Credits