Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1

Frédéric Chopin, 1810 to 1849

Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin: play it with falling notes in your browser, on your computer keys, a touch screen or a MIDI keyboard. It is part of Klaviero Premium, and 49 pieces are free. The chart has 1,229 notes over 2:16, peaks at 9.6 notes per second, and Klaviero rates it tier 5 of 5.

Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 in B flat major, marked Vivace, opens the set of five mazurkas that Chopin wrote mostly in 1830 and 1831 and published in 1832 through Maurice Schlesinger. Op. 7 is the only set of Chopin's mazurkas with five pieces; all his other sets have three or four. It is dedicated to Paul Emile Johns, a German-American pianist from New Orleans whom Chopin met in Paris in 1832. No. 1 is the best known of the set and one of Chopin's most popular mazurkas. It is in rondo form: a lively main theme that rises and then falls in leaps of a ninth, a graceful second theme in F major, the main theme again, then a quiet, tonally ambiguous third theme, and a last return of the opening before a forte ending on a B flat major chord. The chart is 1,229 notes over 2:16, split almost evenly between the hands. It holds a steady 9 notes per second and peaks at 9.6 between 0:03 and 0:28, so there is no easy stretch to rest in. The notes run from E flat2 to D6, so a 61-key keyboard covers it.

The best known of Chopin's five Mazurkas, Op. 7, in B flat major, marked Vivace.

It averages 9 notes per second against a peak of 9.6, so the busiest bar is barely harder than the rest and there is nowhere to recover. The right hand plays 49% of the 1,229 notes and the left 51%. The notes run E flat2 to D6, so a 49-key board will not cover it and a 61-key one will. Klaviero rates it tier 5 of 5.

Composer
Frédéric Chopin
Notes
1,229
Length
2:16
Peak density
9.6 notes per second
Difficulty
tier 5 of 5
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