Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
A Terrible Event, Op. 98 No. 11
From Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98 (1924)
No. 11 of 15 in Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98
On the RCM Level 4 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 114: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Moderato. Its length counts from that.
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written235 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand146 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots101 notes
- Right-hand melody84 notes
The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand at level 4, 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
- 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, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 7ths, 9ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, 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 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