Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

• As written1101 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand599 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots254 notes
• Right-hand melody209 notes

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from G3 to D6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from A1 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: octaves, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths, 4ths, 2nds (steps)
• Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms