Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 18

Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy · Level 3 (Late beginner) · study · Piano

A study in three beats in A minor: smooth eighth-note runs, then a loud, marked middle section in C major with detached notes. From Duvernoy’s École primaire (Elementary Studies) Op. 176, twenty-five easy studies often played after the Beyer method. A minor, 3/4, 56 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.
• Contrast the legato eighths with the marked staccato of the middle section. Start hands separately in Wait mode, then put hands together at a slow tempo before speeding up gradually.

More pieces by Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy

• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 1
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 2
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 3
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 5
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 6
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 9
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 10
• Elementary Studies Op. 176 No. 13

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