Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, KK IVa/16 / WN 37
This guide follows Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, KK IVa/16 / WN 37 (1830) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
0:01–4:17
: a quiet opening. A: the sings over a left hand of slurred, rolling arpeggios (chords played note by note). B: the mood shifts as Chopin quotes music from the and first of his Piano Concerto No. 2 and recalls his song 'The Maiden's Wish'. A′: the . : the right hand runs up and down the scale in ornamental passages and the music settles on a C-sharp major chord.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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