Clefsight No keyboard

Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)

Study, Op. 98 No. 12

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

No. 12 of 15 in Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98

Level
3 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
49 bars
Plays in
about 1 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, Op. 98 No. 12
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 written366 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand190 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots178 notes
  • Right-hand melody132 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 G5, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), 3rds played together in one hand
  • Chords: triads
  • Hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position

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