Technique in music

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J. S. Bach

Prelude in C major, BWV 846

Measures 1–4 · Balance held bass and inner notes against a flowing broken-chord texture.

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Mutopia transcription; source-edition verification remains part of editorial review. See the source notes for attribution and scope.

W. A. Mozart

Sonata in C major, K.545, first movement

Measures 5–6 · Preserve the opening eighth notes and coordinate a scale contour with sparse bass punctuation.

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Pitch/rhythm study adapted from Alejandro Sierra, Mutopia 998 (2013), CC BY-SA 3.0. Expressive marks and fingers omitted; LH dots retained; fixed bass clef. Underlying edition not independently verified.

W. A. Mozart

Sonata in F major, K.332, first movement

Measures 63–65 · Hear regular triple grouping give way to hemiola through displaced dynamic and harmonic emphasis.

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Fresh transcription of mm.63–65 from Nancy Rogers / FSU handout (mm.41–93). Notes, rests, dynamics retained; key/time repeated and terminal double bar added; no fingering. Underlying edition unidentified.

J. S. Bach

Sinfonia No. 11 in G minor, BWV 797

Measures 1–7 · Study independent voices, sustained durations, and accurate entries in the original texture.

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Olivier Vermersch, Mutopia 200; public domain; underlying edition unspecified. Notes, rests, ties, and registers retained; layout changed; no added fingering or expression.

J. S. Bach

WTC I Fugue in C major, BWV 846

Measures 4–7 · Study independent voices, sustained durations, and accurate entries in the original texture.

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Shay Rojansky / Andreas Scherer, Mutopia 4; public domain; underlying edition unspecified. Notes, rests, ties, and registers retained; layout changed; no added fingering or expression.

J. S. Bach

Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784

Measures 1–2 · Study independent voices, sustained durations, and accurate entries in the original texture.

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Allen Garvin, Mutopia 59; public domain; Bach-Gesellschaft. Notes, rests, ties, and registers retained; layout changed; no added fingering or expression.

J. S. Bach

Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784

Measures 7–8 · Study independent voices, sustained durations, and accurate entries in the original texture.

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Allen Garvin, Mutopia 59; public domain; Bach-Gesellschaft. Notes, rests, ties, and registers retained; layout changed; no added fingering or expression.

Frédéric Chopin

Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4

Opening pickup and measures 1–2 · Repeated LH chords beneath a sustained RH melody.

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Magnus Lewis-Smith, Mutopia 468, Peters 1879; public domain. Notes and rhythm retained; pedal and phrase markings omitted; opening p retained; no added fingers.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata Pathétique, Op. 13, first movement

Measures 51–54 · RH crosses around an independent LH accompaniment.

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Peter Samuelson and Chris Sawer, Mutopia 299, Schirmer 1894/Berners 1908; public domain. Notes, rhythm, grace notes and excerpt expression retained; layout changed; no added fingers.

W. A. Mozart

Sonata in F major, K.332, third movement

Measures 1–3 · Scale motion, chromatic neighbors, and a change to broken intervals in a legato RH line.

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Mozarts Werke, Serie XX, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1878, plate W.A.M.332, p138. Notes, rhythm, f legato and LH staccatos retained; no added fingers or pedal.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata Pathétique, Op.13, first movement

Measures 1–2 · Beethoven — Chords, Octaves, Scales, and Leaps

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Beethoven Op.13/I mm.1–2; Samuelson/Sawer, Mutopia299; public domain. Notes, ties, articulations and fp retained; layout changed.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata Pathétique, Op.13, first movement

Measures 11–12 · Beethoven — Chords, Octaves, Scales, and Leaps

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Beethoven Op.13/I mm.11–12; Samuelson/Sawer, Mutopia299; public domain. Notes, rhythm, p and staccatos retained; layout changed.

Franz Schubert

Erlkönig, D.328

Measures 1–3, piano introduction · Schubert — Repeated Chords and Accompaniment

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Schubert D328 mm.1–3 piano introduction; Ph.Raynaud, Mutopia1030, Peters Band I; public domain. Notes, f, slur and wedges retained; tuplets shown in every bar; no fingers or pedal added.

Frédéric Chopin

Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66

Measures 5–6 · Chopin — Arpeggios, Double Notes, and Polyrhythms

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Chopin Op.66 mm.5–6; Guy D.Lederfein, Mutopia1693, Scholtz source; public domain. Notes, rhythm, slurs and p retained; pedal omitted; no fingers added; explicit sextuplet groups.

Robert Schumann

Träumerei, Op.15 No.7

Pickup and measures 1–2 · Schumann — Voicing

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Schumann Op.15 No.7 pickup + mm.1–2; Ying-Chun Liu, Mutopia504, Leichte Stucke1900; public domain. Notes, grace notes, internal ties, initial p and crescendo retained; fingering/pedal omitted; slurs and tie continuing beyond excerpt omitted.

Carl Czerny

The School of Velocity, Op.299 No.1

Measures 1–2, RH only · Descending scale followed by a two-octave-plus-third relocation.

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Peters/Ruthardt plate6963, first music page. RH pitches, rests, f and printed finger indications retained; LH omitted.

Franz Schubert

Impromptu in E♭ major, Op.90 No.2, D.899

Pickup and measures 1–2 · Flowing scale passage over sustained accompaniment.

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Mutopia1551 / Breitkopf & Härtel1888, Ph.Raynaud; public domain. Notes/rhythms/p retained, legato label repositioned, triplet numbers repeated; no fingers or pedal.

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in G major, K.455

Measures 24–26 · Keep repeated notes even beneath changing upper notes.

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Knute Snortum, Mutopia 2104, CC BY-SA 4.0; layout adapted; notes and rhythm retained.

Franz Liszt

Second Ballade, S.171

Measures 20–21 · Prepare low octave destinations and sustained chord balance.

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Vassily Checkin, Mutopia 236, public domain; underlying edition unspecified; excerpt slur closed.

Claude Debussy

Clair de lune

Measures 1–2 · Shape quiet pairs and listen through harmonic changes.

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Keith OHara, Mutopia 1778, after Fromont 1905; public domain; cross-staff layout simplified.