La Candeur (25 Etudes faciles, Op. 100, No. 1)

Learn this piece

Composer

Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller

Level

Advanced

Key

C major

Metre

4/4

Tempo

152 BPM

Length

23 bars, about 1 minute

Hands

both

Trains

Sincerity in C major, Allegro moderato: an even, flowing line of eighth notes in the right hand over held chords (bars 1-8), then in the left hand under held thirds in the right (bars 9-12); in bar 13 the right hand holds a two-note melody above its own eighths. A smooth legato and a singing top line.

How to practise it

• In bars 1-8 the left hand only holds chords, so give your attention to the right hand's eighths. Keep them even and smooth, p and dolce.
• Bars 9-12 are the hard spot: in bars 9 and 11 both hands play eighths together, then in bars 10 and 12 the right hand holds a third while the left keeps going. Loop them at 100 BPM.
• In bar 13 your right hand holds G and then F♯ on top while it plays its own eighths below. Let the held notes ring and keep the eighths soft.

Where this score came from

Licence: Public domain

https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=202

Credit: Typeset by Bas Wassink for the Mutopia Project (Mutopia-2013/01/12-202) from the Collection Litolff (19th century), and placed in the public domain by the typesetter.

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