Cantique de Jean Racine
by Gabriel Fauré · Early modern · Intermediate
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate · Level 3 | 3 of 5 | F minor | 2:58 |
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- Era
- Early modern (1890–1930)
- Mood
- Melancholic · slow, in a minor key
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Written by Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine is slow and in a minor key, with a wistful feel, in the early-20th-century style. There is one arrangement: Intermediate (level 3 of 5), 2:58 long, in F minor.
How to play Cantique de Jean Racine on piano
- Split the piece into sections and learn them one at a time, hands separately first.
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- Move up the play-along speeds in steps, 50% then 75% then 100%, only when a section is clean at the current speed.
- Short daily sessions beat one long weekly one. Ten focused minutes a day is enough to make steady progress.
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License and credits
Arranged by a MuseScore user, from the PDMX dataset. License: Public Domain. Source: MuseScore.
Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.
PDMX files come from the PDMX dataset (Long et al., 2024, CC BY 4.0).
Text events such as lyrics were removed; the notes are as published. The player on this page plays the first 20 seconds.
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