The School of Velocity Op. 299 No. 1

Carl Czerny · Level 4 (Intermediate) · study · Piano

A C major scale running down and up over several octaves in sixteenths, above held left-hand chords. From Czerny’s School of Velocity Op. 299 (1833), forty studies for speed and evenness. C major, 4/4, 22 bars (about one minute), complete score.

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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.
• Prepare the thumb at every change of position; raise the tempo step by step. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together. Start hands separately in Wait mode, then put hands together at a slow tempo before speeding up gradually.

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• Melodic Study Op. 840 No. 9
• Eight-Measure Exercise Op. 821 No. 3
• Eight-Measure Exercise Op. 821 No. 10
• Eight-Measure Exercise Op. 821 No. 15

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