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Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven (1,770–1,827)
Key C minor
Style Classical
Roughly RCM 9 · ABRSM 8 · Trinity 8 · Henle 5–6
Focus sonata form; Classical/Romantic large-scale structure
What its lesson teaches
Study the first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C minor, Allegro molto e con brio, with its rinforzando and crescendo marks. At the keyboard: play a cadence in C minor and improvise an answering phrase that keeps the movement’s drive.
Technique C harmonic minor scale, hands together, 2 octaves Leading-note diminished-seventh arpeggio of C minor, hands together, 2 octaves
The other lesson pieces of Level 9
Consolation in E major, S. 172 No. 1 Jazz Blues Shells Fugue in C major, BWV 846 Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:27: I. Allegro con brio Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Première Arabesque, L. 66 No. 1 Song without Words in A minor “Volkslied”, Op. 53 No. 5 Andantino (Trois nouvelles études), B. 130 No. 1 Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Previous piece Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1The repertoire of Level 9
Next piece Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1
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