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Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)

Sonatina in C, Op. 55 No. 3: II

Allegretto grazioso, the finale

No. 6 of 30 in Schirmer's Sonatina Album

Level
3 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
142 bars
Plays in
1 to 3 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 116: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegretto. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

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.

The opening bars of Sonatina in C, Op. 55 No. 3: II
The opening bars

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 written1479 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1304 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots851 notes
  • Right-hand melody714 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 A6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • 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
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 7ths, 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths
  • Chords: seventh chords, triads, inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

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Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1893, ed. Louis Köhler, plate 10365 (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

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