Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17

Frédéric Chopin (1,810–1,849)

Key: A-flat major
Style: Romantic
Level: Level 10
Roughly: RCM 10 · ABRSM after Grade 8 · Trinity after Grade 8 · Henle 6
Lesson: 10.10 Prepare a complete performance
Musicianship: 10.10 Seventh colours
Focus: prelude: one figure or texture sustained (varies)

What its lesson teaches

10.10 Prepare a complete performance

Study Chopin’s Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17, an Allegretto in 6/8 with many pedal marks. At the keyboard: play a cadence in A-flat major and improvise an answering phrase in 6/8.

Ideas: Performance and recovery
Editions and sources
Theory cards: Editions and urtext
The piano grows with the music
Technique: A-flat major scale, hands together, 4 octaves

Edition and licence

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

Preludium No. 17

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/028-1-BH-017.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 10

Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1, Frédéric Chopin
Clair de lune, L. 75 No. 3, Claude Debussy
Fugue in F major, BWV 856, Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in C major, K. 309: I. Allegro con spirito, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Boogie Etude, written for the Method
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862, Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1: IV. Prestissimo, Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Menuetto: Allegretto, Ludwig van Beethoven
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4, Frédéric Chopin
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, L. 113 No. 1, Claude Debussy

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