Clefsight No keyboard

Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)

A Little Dance, Op. 98 No. 10

From Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98 (1924)

No. 10 of 15 in Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98

Level
3 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
53 bars
Plays in
1 to 2 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 116: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegretto. 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 A Little Dance, Op. 98 No. 10
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 written332 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots236 notes
  • Right-hand melody183 notes

The easy version, the right-hand melody at level 2, 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 C4 to E6, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 6ths, 7ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, 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 B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1924, ed. J. Kilp, plate B.S.S. 31171 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Alexander Gretchaninov died in 1956. Credits