Les Tendres Plaintes
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) · Baroque · Intermediate
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate · Level 3 | 3 of 5 | D minor | 3:00 |
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- Era
- Baroque (1600–1750)
- Mood
- Melancholic · slow, in a minor key
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) is the composer of Les Tendres Plaintes, a Baroque piece that is a slow minor-key piece with a reflective mood. It is rated level 3 of 5, intermediate, and takes about 3:00 to play in D minor.
About Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764): French Baroque composer and music theorist who wrote colourful harpsichord pieces.
How to play Les Tendres Plaintes 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.
- 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 Ludovic Sardain for the Mutopia Project. License: Public Domain. Source: Mutopia Project.
Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.
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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