Sonata in A minor, K. 532
by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) · Baroque · Advanced
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced · Level 4 | 4 of 5 | A minor | 3:40 |
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 3:40 of Sonata in A minor, K. 532 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
- Baroque (1600–1750)
- Mood
- Dramatic · fast, in a minor key
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Sonata in A minor, K. 532 is a dramatic Baroque piece by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). It is rated level 4 of 5, advanced, and takes about 3:40 to play in A minor. In the app's library you'll also find it in the Sonatas & sonatinas collection.
About Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757): Italian Baroque composer who wrote 555 keyboard sonatas, most of them at the royal courts of Portugal and Spain.
How to play Sonata in A minor, K. 532 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.
- Sonatinas are built from scales and broken chords. Settle on a fingering for each run the first time you play it, and use the same one every time.
- 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
Arranged by a MuseScore user, from the PDMX dataset. License: Public Domain. Source: MuseScore.
Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.
PDMX files come from the PDMX dataset (Long et al., 2024, CC BY 4.0).
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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