Levels Pieces Technique Reading Musicianship Glossary
Sonatina in C major, Op. 20 No. 1: I. Allegro
Friedrich Kuhlau (1,786–1,832)
Key C major
Style Classical
Roughly RCM 6 · ABRSM 6 · Trinity 6 · Henle 4
Focus sonatina form; scales, Alberti bass, Classical articulation
What its lesson teaches
Study the first movement (Allegro) of Kuhlau’s Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1. In bar 10, and again in bar 59, its theme rests on a six-four chord, C over G, above the dominant pedal before G7 resolves; its main cadences (bars 27–31 and 74–80) go straight from V7 to I. Compare that pedal six-four with the cadential six-four of the card. At the keyboard: play a cadential six-four.
Technique C major scale, hands together, 2 octaves C major arpeggio, hands separately, 2 octaves
The other lesson pieces of Level 6
Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20 Suonata quarta: Fuga cromatica (L’organo suonarino, Op. 13) Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2 Octave Walk Shuffle Air avec variations (Aylesford Piece 16), Aylesford Pieces Minuet in E-flat major, WoO 82 Peacherine Rag Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 39 No. 15 Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4
Previous piece Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20The repertoire of Level 6
Next piece Suonata quarta: Fuga cromatica (L’organo suonarino, Op. 13)
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