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Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1: IV. Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven (1,770–1,827)
Key F minor
Style Classical
Roughly RCM 10 · ABRSM after Grade 8 · Trinity after Grade 8 · Henle 6
Focus sonata form; Classical/Romantic large-scale structure
What its lesson teaches
Study the Prestissimo finale of Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1: the right hand drives octaves and chords over the left hand’s running triplets. Keep the octaves light, with the arm, and the triplets even under them. At the keyboard, scales a third and a sixth apart train the same independence of the hands; the finale itself has none, and the card on augmentation and diminution prepares later music.
Technique F harmonic minor scale, hands together, 2 octaves C major scale a third apart, hands together, 4 octaves A harmonic minor scale a sixth apart, hands together, 4 octaves
The other lesson pieces of Level 10
Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 Clair de lune, L. 75 No. 3 Fugue in F major, BWV 856 Sonata in C major, K. 309: I. Allegro con spirito Concert Boogie Etude Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Menuetto: Allegretto Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17 Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, L. 113 No. 1
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