Prelude
by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) · Romantic · Beginner–Advanced
Versions
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 3:18 of Prelude 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
- Melancholic · slow, in a minor key
- Versions
- 2
About this piece
Prelude is a melancholic Romantic piece by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849). It comes in 2 versions, from beginner (level 1) to advanced (level 4). The easiest is in G major and about 0:24 long. In the app it belongs to 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 Prelude on piano
- Find your starting position before you play: look at the first notes on the falling-notes player and place your hand over them, one finger per key.
- Start in Wait mode: the music waits until you press the right key, so you can learn the notes without worrying about speed.
- Practise the right hand alone first. If there's a left-hand part, let the app play it while you learn the melody, then swap.
- 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.
- Start with the level 1 version. When you've learned about 80% of it, move on to the next harder version; the notes you already know make it quicker to learn.
- 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 Keith OHara for the Mutopia Project. License: Public Domain. Source: Mutopia Project.
Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.
The other versions are MuseScore arrangements marked Public Domain or CC0, from the PDMX dataset (Long et al., 2024).
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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