Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: II
Adagio e sostenuto in E flat, the slow movement
No. 2 of 3 in Kuhlau's Three Sonatinas, Op. 20
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 66: the slow end of the speeds usually quoted for Adagio, since Adagio e sostenuto asks for it held back. 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 written630 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand522 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots279 notes
- Right-hand melody230 notes
The easy version, the right-hand melody 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 G3 to A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 7ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, octaves
- Chords: triads, inverted triads, seventh chords
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, 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 10381 (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