Fourths
Note after Note · Level 4 (Intermediate) · 20th century · Piano
A piece in quartal harmony: chords built from stacked fourths (A-D-G, B-E-A…) gliding in parallel, over a left-hand ostinato in fourths.
▶ 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.
- Right hand: one single 1-3-5 shape for every chord, moved from key to key — this is “planing”. The 3+3+2 rhythm (in eighths) gives the drive: lightly accent the start of each group. Keep pedalling short: fourths ring a lot.