Melodic Study Op. 840 No. 6

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

A singing study in six-eight in A minor: the melody leaps up in arpeggios above a bass-chord-chord accompaniment. From the 50 Melodic Studies Op. 840, where Czerny blends technical work with real musicality. A minor, 6/8, 36 bars (about 2 minutes), 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.
• Let the melody’s long notes sing and rock the left hand in two beats. Let the melody sing above the accompaniment, even in the technical passages. The piece starts with a pickup: count the incomplete bar before coming in. In 6/8, count the beats as groups of three eighths (dotted beats) to keep the lilt.

More pieces by Carl Czerny

• Eight-Measure Exercise Op. 821 No. 13
• Eight-Measure Exercise Op. 821 No. 14
• Melodic Study Op. 840 No. 1
• 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
• Eight-Measure Exercise Op. 821 No. 19

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain