Stephen Heller (1813–1888)
Study in G, Op. 47 No. 4
From Heller's Twenty-five Studies, Op. 47, written to train rhythm and expression
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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 written563 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand462 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots286 notes
- Right-hand melody239 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 A3 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
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Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1895, plate 11799 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Stephen Heller died in 1888. Credits