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Keyboard Piece in G minor, K. 15r is a piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the Classical era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 4, an estimate.
- notebook keyboard piece
- Classical
- Key of G minor
- gentle
- melancholic
- hand independence
- voicing
Also known as W.A. Mozart - Andante in G minor K. 15r.
History
K. 15r is item 17 of the London notebook: the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe lists it as a keyboard piece in G minor. Mozart wrote these short ideas while the family was in London in 1764; the newer Köchel catalogue connects much of the notebook with Leopold Mozart's serious illness there. This is a notebook component, not a movement from a finished published sonata cycle.
Sources
What to listen for
Short steps above a slower voice
The first upper group climbs G, A, B-flat; the next continues higher. Hear that ascent above the slower voice’s change of register.
The line changes direction
The third upper group jumps down from D before returning toward C. Shape the change of direction while the slower voice supports the compact pulse.
How to practise it
- Play the G, A, B-flat group followed by the higher C, D, E-flat group alone. Add the slower voice and check its register change without interrupting the upper ascent.
- Play the upper D, A, C figure alone until its downward jump and return are connected. Add the slower supporting note and hold its written value through the upper changes.
How hard is it
Upper eighth-note groups continue over longer notes in a separate voice, with changes of register and harmony across75 encoded source measures. The main demand is steady phrase balance, not a high level inferred from length alone.
About this piece
- Licence
- CC0
- Source
- musescore.com
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