John Field (1782–1837)
Nocturne No. 2 in C minor
H. 25
In Nocturnes
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at eighth note = 114: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Moderato. 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 written1131 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1090 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots378 notes
- Right-hand melody286 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 3, 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 C2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 2nds (steps), 10ths, 5ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- One hand moving while the other holds, hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from J. Schuberth & Co., Leipzig and New York, 1868, ed. K. Klauser, plate 1360 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: John Field died in 1837. Credits