How to play Sonata in C, K. 545 (1st Movement) on piano
The complete 'Sonata facile' first movement with both repeats: a singing melody over Alberti bass, sparkling scales, broken-chord sequences and the surprise F major recapitulation (trills are shown as plain notes). Learn it step by step in your browser: the music waits for you on every note, then you speed it up.
Works with a MIDI keyboard, the on-screen keys or your computer keyboard.
The first notes
Right hand, first bars. The small numbers are finger numbers (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger).
In the app you see these notes falling onto the keyboard and on sheet music at the same time, with the right key lit up.
How to learn it fast
- Listen first: Listen mode plays the whole piece.
- Learn mode: the music stops and waits until you press the right key, one hand at a time.
- Play mode at 60–70% speed: real-time feedback on every note, early or late.
- Loop the hard bars: the coach finds them for you and speeds them up as you improve.
- Hands together at full speed.
New to piano? This song fits best after Unit 15: Keys & Harmony of the free course path.
More songs at level 5
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- Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement, Opening) Ludwig van Beethoven (Sonata Op. 27 No. 2)
- Prelude in C Major Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 846)
- Waltz in A-flat, Op. 39 No. 15 Johannes Brahms
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