Fantasia in D minor (K. 397)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Level 4 (Intermediate) · Classical · Piano

An unfinished fantasia (1782): an arpeggiated prelude, a D minor Adagio interrupted by free runs, then a bright Allegretto in D major. A keyboard work by Mozart, a model of Classical balance and clarity. D minor, 2/2, 123 bars (about 5 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 free runs (cadenzas) each sit in one unmetered bar: play them freely, speeding up then slowing down. The grace notes and the trill are not written here. With Mozart clarity comes first: even runs, light left hand, no unnecessary pedal. 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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Fugue in G Minor KV 401/375e — K401 Two Hands
• Fugue fragment Anh. 41 (375g)
• Sonata K. 331: theme (Andante grazioso)
• Sonata “facile” K. 545: I. Allegro
• Sonata “facile” K. 545: III. Rondo
• Sonata in C major (fragment) (K6 deest)
• Fugue in E-flat major K. 153
• Fugue in G minor K. 154

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