Sonatina Op. 20 No. 1: I. Allegro

Friedrich Kuhlau · Level 4 (Intermediate) · Classical · Piano

A movement of Kuhlau’s Sonatina Op. 20 No. 1, a staple for intermediate students. C major, 4/4, 80 bars (about 3 minutes), 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. Start hands separately in Wait mode, then put hands together at a slow tempo before speeding up gradually.

More pieces by Friedrich Kuhlau

• Sonatina Op. 20 No. 1: II. Andante
• Sonatina Op. 20 No. 1: III. Rondo

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain