Prélude 16
by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) · Romantic · Expert
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expert · Level 5 | 5 of 5 | B♭ minor | 1:09 |
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 1:09 of Prélude 16 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
- Dramatic · fast, in a minor key
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Written by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Prélude 16 is fast and in a minor key, with plenty of drive, in the Romantic style. The version here is level 5 of 5 (expert), in B♭ minor and about 1:09 long. In the app's library you'll also find it in the Preludes & fugues collection.
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 Prélude 16 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.
- It's a fast piece. Resist playing it at full tempo until it's accurate at a slower one; speed built on wrong notes doesn't last.
- Each hand has its own line here. Practise hands separately until both lines are secure; in the app, choose Left or Right and the app plays the other hand for you.
- 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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