Scherzo in E minor (Op. 16, No. 2)

Felix Mendelssohn · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Piano

A work by Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), a piece from the Romantic era. A public-domain or freely licensed piece from the Mutopia Project catalogue. E minor, 4/4, 109 bars (about 7 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.
• The piece starts with a pickup: count the incomplete bar before coming in. 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 Felix Mendelssohn

• Venetian Gondola Song Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs without Words)
• Song without Words Op. 102 No. 3 in C major
• Song without Words Op. 19 No. 6 “Venetian Gondola Song”
• Song without Words Op. 85 No. 1
• Song without Words Op. 53 No. 5 “Folk Song”
• Song without Words Op. 19 No. 5 “Restlessness”
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain