Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
Lament, Op. 123 No. 9
From Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123 (1930)
No. 9 of 12 in Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123
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 written256 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand237 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots170 notes
- Right-hand melody126 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 3, 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 C4 to A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
- Accidentals: naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, 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 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