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51 Exercises, No. 18b is a piece by Johannes Brahms from the Romantic era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 7, an estimate.
- numbered technical exercise
- Romantic
- playful
- hand independence
- repeated notes
Also known as Brahms - 51 Übungen für Klavier, No. 18b.
History
Listen for the little repeated-note figures while another line moves at a different pace. The challenge is to keep the patterns clear without turning each short group into a new accent.
Sources
How to practise it
- Keep the concurrent lines steady when their note patterns differ.
- Keep successive attacks even and connected without flattening the phrase.
How hard is it
Level 7, estimated
Opening positions 1 and 2 combine eighths and sixteenths in several encoded voices; position 2 repeats neighboring pitches while other voices continue. Tuplets and repeat marks are present in this five-measure source.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Johannes Brahms
- Waltz, Op. 39 No. 10, solo piano editionLevel 4, estimatedWith Maestro
- Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2Level 8, estimatedWith Maestro
- Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1Level 9, estimatedWith Maestro
