Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1
by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) · Romantic · Advanced
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced · Level 4 | 4 of 5 | F♯ minor | 3:40 |
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- Era
- Romantic (1830–1910)
- Mood
- Melancholic · slow, in a minor key
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1 is a melancholic Romantic piece by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849). There is one arrangement: Advanced (level 4 of 5), 3:40 long, in F♯ minor. In the app's library you'll also find it in the Dances collection. It is one of the 100 most popular pieces in our library.
About Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Polish composer and pianist who wrote almost entirely for the piano: nocturnes, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes and études that define Romantic piano music.
How to play Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1 on piano
- Expect weeks, not days. Learn it section by section and keep a list of the hardest passages to practise first in every session.
- Slow practice is the fastest way forward: loop the difficult bars at 50% until they are clean, then 75%, then full speed.
- Decide on fingering early for fast passages and write it down; changing fingering later costs more time than it saves.
- Feel the dance: tap the rhythm of the first bars before you play, and give the first beat of each bar a little more weight.
- 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 Ryan Prince for the Mutopia Project. License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Source: Mutopia Project.
The source file may be shared and adapted with credit to the typesetter; the preview on this page is an excerpt of it, under the same 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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