The Seasons: August
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) · Romantic · Advanced
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced · Level 4 | 4 of 5 | B minor | 5:31 |
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- Era
- Romantic (1830–1910)
- Mood
- Melancholic · slow, in a minor key
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) is the composer of The Seasons: August, a Romantic piece that is a slow minor-key piece with a reflective mood. It is rated level 4 of 5, advanced, and takes about 5:31 to play in B minor. Note the pickup: the music starts with an upbeat before the first full bar, so count yourself in before the first note.
About Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Russian composer of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. For piano he wrote The Seasons and an Album for the Young, Op. 39, full of short pieces for students.
How to play The Seasons: August 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.
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License and credits
Typeset by Till Rettig for the Mutopia Project. License: Public Domain. Source: Mutopia Project.
Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.
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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