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Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5

Frédéric Chopin (1,810–1,849)

Key
F major
Style
Romantic
Level
Licentiate
Roughly
RCM LRCM · ABRSM LRSM · Trinity LTCL · Henle 8
Lesson
Musicianship

What its lesson teaches

L.10 Keep the dance inside a large rondo

Prepare Chopin’s complete F-major Rondo à la Mazur, Op. 5. Compare the recurring dance idea with its contrasting episodes by their bass goals, accent patterns and register. Practise the dance pulse and melody separately, then restore the written texture without applying identical rubato to every phrase. Map the approaches into two returns as memory landmarks. The C-major voicing warm-up trains balance on its own; shape the phrasing and pedal in the F-major score itself.

Technique
  • F major scale, hands together, 4 octaves
  • C major moving top voice above held chordal voices, hands together (faster: Licentiate tempo)

Edition and licence

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

Rondo.

First Editions of Fryderyk Chopin's Music

Copyright 2017-2021 The Fryderyk Chopin Institute (https://nifc.pl)

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/005-1c-HO.krn

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

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