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Prelude 20 In C Minor
by Frédéric Chopin
[ Op 28 No 20 in Cm, here transcribed to C#m - Weed 7/4/00 ]
It has a nice flowing feel and some very striking but melodic chord changes.
It is in the key of E [no, C#m - Weed 7/4/00] and 4 time. The |'s mark
quarter note beats. The rhythm is constant with chords on each beat, and a
16th note chord preceding the last beat. The piece seems so stark sometimes
that it is hard to avoid arpeggiating almost every chord, but this would take
ponticello. For example, the first two chords in the second measure sound
minimizing string noise as you quickly change chords and the piece keeps
1 | | | | | | | |
E|-4-------5-------4---------------|-0-------2-------0---------------|
B|-5-------7-------5-----7-5-------|-2-------3-------2-----3-2-------|
G|-6-------6-------5-----5-6-------|-2-------2-------1-----4-2-------|
D|---------4-------------6-6-------|---------0-------------2-2-------|
A|-4-----------------------4-------|-0-----------------------0-------|
E|-----------------4-----4---------|-----------------0-----0---------|
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arpeggiate.......................
3 | | | | | | | |
E|-----------------4-----2-1-------|---------4-------8-----6-4-------|
B|-4-------6-------2-----2-2-------|-4-------4-------8-----8-4-------|
G|-5-------4-------2-----2-1-------|-6-------5-------6-----6-5-------|
D|-4-------6-----------------------|-5-------6-------8-------6-------|
A|---------4---------------4-------|-6-------6-------6-----6-6-------|
E|-4---------------2-----2---------|---------4---------------4-------|
5 | | | | | | | |
E|-12------12------11------11------|-9-------11------8-----6-4-------|
B|-9-------10------10------9-------|-9-------8-------9-------4-------|
G|---------9------------11---------|-----------------8-----6-5-------|
D|-11------11------10------9-------|-8-------7-------6-------4-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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7 | | | | | | | |
E|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------10------9---------------|-5-------7-------5-----4---------|
G|-6-------11------8----11-9-------|-6-------7-------5-------6-------|
D|-6-------11--------------11------|-7-------7-------4-------6-------|
A|-7-------9------11-------11------|---------5---------------7-------|
E|-----------------8-------9-------|-5---------------4-------9-------|
9 | | | | | | | |
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-------5-------4-------4-------|-2-------4-------1---------------|
G|-----------------2-------1-------|-1-------0-------1-----3-1-------|
D|-6-------7-------------4---------|-----------------1-------1-------|
A|-4-------4-------3-------2-------|-1-------0-------------4-3-------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------4-------2-------|
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11 | | | | | | | |
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-1-------2-------1---------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------4-------1-----4-2-------|-2-------4-------2---------------|
A|-4-------4-------3-------4-------|-4-------5-------4---------------|
E|-0-------2-----------------------|-5-------2-------4----11-9-------|
fermata........................
13 | | | |
E|-9-------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-9-------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-11------------------------------||
E|-9-------------------------------||Get the free app — iPhone: The Chord Book on the App Store · Android: Free Chords on Google Play
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