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Henry Lemoine (1786–1854)

Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 36

No. 36 of 50 in Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37

Level
3 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
49 bars
Plays in
about 1 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. 36
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 written654 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand580 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots387 notes
  • Right-hand melody342 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 B3 to G6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 7ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns

Sections

The piece in 5 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 1–8level 3 of 7
  2. Bars 9–16played twicelevel 3 of 7
  3. Bars 18–25level 3 of 7
  4. Bars 26–33level 4 of 7, the hardest
  5. Bars 1–8level 3 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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