Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 34

Henry Lemoine · Level 3 (Late beginner) · study · Piano

An Allegretto quasi Andantino in three-eight in E minor: a melody decorated with sixteenth-note triplets over held chords, with a middle section on a long pedal B. From Henry Lemoine’s Études enfantines Op. 37 (c. 1840), fifty short studies for the first years of piano. E minor, 3/8, 60 bars (about one minute), complete score.

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• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Play the little triplets supply, without rushing, and hold the left-hand chords well. One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. 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.

More pieces by Henry Lemoine

• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 1
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 2
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 4
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 5
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 6
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 7
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 12
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 14

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