Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 6

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

A light study in three-eight time: quick little runs and staccato notes, then a two-voice middle section in F major before the opening returns. From Henry Lemoine’s Études enfantines Op. 37 (c. 1840), fifty short studies for the first years of piano. C major, 3/8, 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.
• Play the little runs very lightly from the fingertips and contrast legato with staccato. One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. 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 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. 7
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 12
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 14
• Études enfantines Op. 37 No. 15

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