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Louis Gobbaerts (1835–1886)

Study in C, Op. 63 No. 2

From Streabbog's Twelve Melodious Studies, Op. 63 (about 1870); Streabbog was the pen name of Louis Gobbaerts

No. 2 of 12 in Streabbog's Twelve Melodious Studies, Op. 63

Level
3 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
40 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 Study in C, Op. 63 No. 2
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 written493 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand291 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots145 notes
  • Right-hand melody105 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 B3 to E5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, octaves
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • 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 typed for Clefsight from The John Church Company, Cincinnati, 1900, plate 12397 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Louis Gobbaerts died in 1886. Credits