Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
Sonatina in C, Op. 55 No. 1: I
Allegro, the first movement
No. 4 of 30 in Schirmer's Sonatina Album
On the RCM Level 5 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 138: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.
- As written1486 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1418 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots908 notes
- Right-hand melody790 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 D4 to A6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C3 to G4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: triads
- Hands playing together, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, 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 G. Schirmer, New York, 1893, ed. Louis Köhler, plate 10383 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Friedrich Kuhlau died in 1832. Credits