Prélude

Charles-Valentin Alkan · Level 6 (Expert) · Romantic · Piano

A work by Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), a piece from the Romantic era. A public-domain or freely licensed piece from the Mutopia Project catalogue. C major, 4/4, 10 bars (about one minute), complete score.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Triplets and other tuplets must be perfectly even: count them aloud with the metronome. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together. Fast writing: work section by section in Wait mode, then in dotted rhythms, and raise the tempo in steps of 5–10%.

More pieces by Charles-Valentin Alkan

• Toccatina (Op.75)

Source : Mutopia Project · CC BY-SA 3.0