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Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin (1,872–1,915)
First published 1894
Key C-sharp minor
Style Studies
Roughly RCM 9 · ABRSM 8 · Trinity 8 · Henle 5–6
Focus Voiced cantabile above repeated inner harmonies; chromatic harmonic changes; quiet ornament resolution onto inner chord tones; sustained bass and independent moving accompaniment; complete quiet ending.
What its lesson teaches
Study Scriabin’s Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1: an Andante in 3/4 with grace notes and fermatas. At the keyboard: play a cadence and improvise an answering phrase in its unhurried character.
Technique C-sharp harmonic minor scale, hands together, 4 octaves
The other lesson pieces of Level 9
Consolation in E major, S. 172 No. 1 Jazz Blues Shells Fugue in C major, BWV 846 Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:27: I. Allegro con brio Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Première Arabesque, L. 66 No. 1 Song without Words in A minor “Volkslied”, Op. 53 No. 5 Andantino (Trois nouvelles études), B. 130 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
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