Melody in C major, ABC du piano No. 14

Félix Le Couppey (1,811–1,887)

Key: C major
Style: Studies
Level: Level 1
Roughly: RCM 1 · ABRSM 1 · Trinity 1 · Henle 1
Lesson: 1.1 Divide the beat
Musicianship: 1.1 Even eighths
Focus: Keep the melody clear above even left-hand eighth notes

What its lesson teaches

1.1 Divide the beat

Study Le Couppey’s Melody in C. Count two even eighth notes to each quarter-note beat and read the tempo word before you set the pulse. Revisit the familiar C five-finger warm-up before the full scale two lessons later.

Ideas: Eighth notes and 1-and counting
Counting and subdivision
Tempo terms
Theory cards: Eighth notes and “1-and”
Echo playing
Italian tempo terms
Technique: C major five-finger pattern, hands separately
C major root-position triad, hands separately

Edition and licence

Score: Musalea, from a public-domain edition · public domain

ABC du piano: 14e Mélodie

Edition: J. Maho, Paris, third edition, 1857

Published: 1857

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_B_C_du_piano._M%C3%A9thode_pour_les_commencants_par_F%C3%A9lix_Le_Couppey..._(3%C3%A8me_%C3%A9dition)_-_bpt6k9750641w_(40_of_72).jpg

Public-domain source edition(s).

Checked bar by bar against J. Maho, Paris, 1857 (BnF bpt6k9750641w, Wikimedia Commons), p. 40, 2026-10-28: every bar compared; 0 bars corrected.

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

The other lesson pieces of Level 1

The Chase (Die Jagd), Op. 117 No. 15, Cornelius Gurlitt
Study in C major, Op. 190 No. 22, Louis Köhler
Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599 No. 13, Carl Czerny
Melody in F major, Op. 190 No. 27, Louis Köhler
Allegretto grazioso, Op. 117 No. 6, Cornelius Gurlitt
Song Tune in C major, ZT 694, Henry Purcell
Allegretto, Op. 1 No. 5, Alexander Reinagle
Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599 No. 14, Carl Czerny
Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599 No. 12, Carl Czerny
Blue Steps, written for the Method
Garden Gate, written for the Method

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