Novellette
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) · Romantic · Advanced
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced · Level 4 | 4 of 5 | B major | 3:36 |
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 3:36 of Novellette 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
- Romantic (1830–1910)
- Mood
- Calm · slow and peaceful
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Novellette is a calm Romantic piece by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908). The version here is level 4 of 5 (advanced), in B major and about 3:36 long. Note the pickup: the music starts with an upbeat before the first full bar, so count yourself in before the first note.
About Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908): Russian composer of Scheherazade and The Flight of the Bumblebee.
How to play Novellette 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.
- 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 Thomas Amthor for the Mutopia Project. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. 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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