Levels Pieces Technique Reading Musicianship Glossary
160 Eight-Measure Exercises, No. 17, Op. 821 No. 17
Carl Czerny (1,791–1,857)
First published 1893
Key G major
Style Studies
Roughly RCM 4 · ABRSM 4 · Trinity 4 · Henle 2–3
What its lesson teaches
Study Czerny’s Eight-Measure Exercise in G, Op. 821 No. 17. Its left hand spells the dominant seventh in inversion: in bars 1 and 3, F sharp is in the bass under A and D, with the right hand’s C on top (V6/5), and rises to G; in bar 4 the seventh, C, is in the bass under F sharp and A (V4/2) and falls to B in bar 5 (I6). At the keyboard: resolve each inversion of V7.
Technique G major scale, hands together, 2 octaves: crescendo up, diminuendo down G major scale, hands separately, 2 octaves
The other lesson pieces of Level 4
Minuet in F major, BWV Anh. 113 Minuet in A minor, BWV Anh. 120 Bagatelle 'Lustig-Traurig', WoO 54 Sonatina in C major, Op. 36 No. 1: III. Vivace Ballade, Op. 100 No. 15 Trällerliedchen (Humming Song), Op. 68 No. 3 Traditioner af swenska folk-dansar, Part 2 No. 31 Polonaise in D minor, BWV Anh. 128 Boxcar Boogie
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