Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Impromptu in C minor, Op. 90 No. 1
D. 899 No. 1
- Level
- 5 of 7
- Key signature
- C minor
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 204 bars
- Plays in
- 6 to 11 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 100: the middle speed of the 68 pieces in 4/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written4959 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand3439 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots1331 notes
- Right-hand melody1133 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 G3 to A6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from F1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: octaves, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typeset by Ph. Raynaud for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Franz Schubert died in 1828. Credits