Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
Riding the Hobby-Horse, Op. 98 No. 5
From Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98 (1924)
No. 5 of 15 in Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98
On the RCM Level 3 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. 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 written218 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand168 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots110 notes
- Right-hand melody84 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 C4 to D6, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 3rds (skips), 4ths, 7ths, 3rds played together in one hand
- Chords: triads
- Hands taking turns, hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
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