Keyboard Sonata in D Major
by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) · Baroque · Intermediate
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate · Level 3 | 3 of 5 | D major | 2:25 |
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 2:25 of Keyboard Sonata in D Major in the PianoKite app: every version, both hands or one at a time, Wait mode on every bar, play-along at 50, 75 or 100% and per-bar feedback. Get early access.
- Era
- Baroque (1600–1750)
- Mood
- Joyful · bright and lively
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) is the composer of Keyboard Sonata in D Major, a Baroque piece that is bright and lively. There is one arrangement: Intermediate (level 3 of 5), 2:25 long, in D major. In the app it belongs to the Sonatas & sonatinas collection.
About Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757): Italian Baroque composer who wrote 555 keyboard sonatas, most of them at the royal courts of Portugal and Spain.
How to play Keyboard Sonata in D Major on piano
- Split the piece into sections and learn them one at a time, hands separately first.
- Loop the bars that keep going wrong. The app's per-bar feedback shows exactly where they are, so you don't waste time on the bars you already know.
- Move up the play-along speeds in steps, 50% then 75% then 100%, only when a section is clean at the current speed.
- Sonatinas are built from scales and broken chords. Settle on a fingering for each run the first time you play it, and use the same one every time.
- Short daily sessions beat one long weekly one. Ten focused minutes a day is enough to make steady progress.
In the PianoKite app you can learn it with your own digital piano over Bluetooth or USB, or with any piano through the microphone: the score scrolls past a playhead, the keys light up, and every bar gets a score so you can see what's learned. See how it works. New to the piano? Start with the beginner lessons. Get early access.
License and credits
Typeset by Knute Snortum for the Mutopia Project. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Source: Mutopia Project.
The source file may be shared and adapted, also commercially, with credit to the typesetter and adaptations under the same license; the preview on this page is an excerpt of it, under that license.
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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