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Valse sentimentale No. 13

by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) · Romantic · Intermediate

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VersionLevelKeyLength
Intermediate · Level 33 of 5C♯ minor1:09

The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 1:09 of Valse sentimentale No. 13 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
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About this piece

Valse sentimentale No. 13 is a melancholic Romantic piece by Franz Schubert (1797–1828). It is rated level 3 of 5, intermediate, and takes about 1:09 to play in C♯ minor. In the app's library you'll also find it in the Waltzes collection.

About Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Austrian composer who wrote over 600 songs as well as impromptus, moments musicaux, dances and sonatas for the piano, all in a short life.

How to play Valse sentimentale No. 13 on piano

  1. Split the piece into sections and learn them one at a time, hands separately first.
  2. Loop the bars that keep going wrong. The app's per-bar feedback shows exactly where they are, so you don't waste time on the bars you already know.
  3. Move up the play-along speeds in steps, 50% then 75% then 100%, only when a section is clean at the current speed.
  4. Learn the left hand's waltz pattern on its own first: a low bass note on beat one, then two lighter chords. Once it runs without thinking, add the melody.
  5. 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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