Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
A Sad Song, Op. 123 No. 4
From Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123 (1930)
No. 4 of 12 in Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante. 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 written295 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand258 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots161 notes
- Right-hand melody129 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 G3 to A5, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 7ths, 4ths, 5ths, octaves
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, 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 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