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Henry Lemoine (1786–1854)

Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 27

No. 27 of 50 in Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37

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

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 Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 27
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 written699 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand677 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots440 notes
  • Right-hand melody368 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 F4 to G6, 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, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 5ths, 4ths, 7ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

Sections

The piece in 4 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.

  1. Bars 1–8played 3 timeslevel 3 of 7
  2. Bars 10–17played 3 timeslevel 4 of 7
  3. Bars 19–26played twicelevel 4 of 7
  4. Bars 28–35level 4 of 7

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Henry Lemoine died in 1854. Credits

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