Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2

Frédéric Chopin (1,810–1,849)

Key: C major
Style: Romantic
Level: Level 6
Roughly: RCM 6 · ABRSM 6 · Trinity 6 · Henle 4
Lesson: 6.4 Explore a modal melody
Musicianship: 6.4 The leading note in minor
Focus: mazurka rhythm (2nd/3rd-beat accent), rubato, ornaments

What its lesson teaches

6.4 Explore a modal melody

Study Chopin’s Mazurka in C, Op. 24 No. 2. Its first 56 bars use only white keys, and the section centred on F (bars 25–40) keeps B natural, the raised fourth that gives F the Lydian colour of folk music. At the keyboard: improvise a modal phrase.

Ideas: The modes
Theory cards: The modes
Technique: C major scale, hands together, 2 octaves
C major arpeggio, hands separately, 2 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: Chopin Institute (NIFC) first editions · CC BY 4.0

No. 2 Mazurka.

First Editions of Fryderyk Chopin's Music

Website: https://chopinscores.org

Digital scores: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Source: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/024-1-Sm-002.krn

Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Adapted by Musalea: converted to MusicXML and prepared for interactive practice.

The other lesson pieces of Level 6

Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20, Frédéric Chopin
Sonatina in C major, Op. 20 No. 1: I. Allegro, Friedrich Kuhlau
Suonata quarta: Fuga cromatica (L’organo suonarino, Op. 13), Adriano Banchieri
Octave Walk Shuffle, written for the Method
Air avec variations (Aylesford Piece 16), Aylesford Pieces, George Frideric Handel
Minuet in E-flat major, WoO 82, Ludwig van Beethoven
Peacherine Rag, Scott Joplin
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 39 No. 15, Johannes Brahms
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4, Johannes Brahms

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