Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
The Little Beggar, Op. 123 No. 2
From Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123 (1930)
No. 2 of 12 in Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123
On the RCM Level 2 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.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written265 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand259 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots161 notes
- Right-hand melody141 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots 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 E4 to G5
- Bass clef from D3 to F4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, 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 Muzgiz, Moscow, 1959, ed. V. Belov, plate М. 18866 Г (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Alexander Gretchaninov died in 1956. Credits