Prelude Op. 16 No. 1

Alexandre Scriabine · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Piano

An early piece by Scriabin, in the line of Chopin. B major, 3/4, 43 bars (about 3 minutes), complete score.

▶ 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.
• Key signature with 5 sharps: name them aloud before playing and spot the places where accidentals cancel them. 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.

More pieces by Alexandre Scriabine

• Prelude Op. 16 No. 2 in G-sharp minor
• Prelude Op. 59 No. 2
• Prelude Op. 16 No. 4
• Étude in C-sharp minor Op. 2 No. 1
• Préludes opus 16 - 3. (O 16 n°3)
• Prelude Op. 16 No. 5

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