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Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1

18313 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1 (1831) in one part.

Recording: Jan Ekier (piano) (1987)

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Follow all 5 sections as they play

0:05–3:12

The (A) is elegant and a little melancholy, built on triplets, with a strong accent on the third beat of the . In section B a much louder bursts in, full of sharp accents. The comes back (A) and gives way in section C to a third idea, a stubborn repeated figure under loud chords, each chord preceded by a grace note. The for the last (A) and gradually dies away.

  1. A
  2. B

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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