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Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Advanced · Graded: RCM Celebration Series 2022 Level 10
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) for solo piano, in keyboard staff notation. Advanced level, 62 bars, about 2:44 long.
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Key facts
Time signature 4/4
Key signature 4 sharps
Length 62 bars, 10 pages
Playing time 2:44
Notes 1,725
Range C#1 to B6
The source file does not write out repeats, so marked repeats sound and show once. Source and licence This keyboard staff edition and its PDF are shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 , the same licence as the source.
"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
Source: The Mutopia Project , from the edition Bosworth & Co. 1896; Universal Edition 1910.
What changed in this conversion Some held notes in bars 1–6, 8–35, 43–49, 51–60 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed. Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 1 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943). Compact keyboard staff. Print at 100%, not fit-to-page. C C D D E F F G G A A B Dashed line: C D · Solid line: F G A · Flat bottom: E B · Flat top: F C · Oval in a gap: D G A C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 4 4 4 4 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 3 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 1 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 2 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 5 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 7 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 9 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 2 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 3 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 11 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 13 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 15 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 3 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 4 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 17 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 19 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 21 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 4 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 5 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 23 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 25 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 27 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 5 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 6 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 29 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 31 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 33 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 6 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 7 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 3 3 3 3 3 3 35 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 37 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 39 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 7 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 8 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C2 C3 C4 C5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 41 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 43 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 46 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 8 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 9 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 48 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 50 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 52 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 9 of 10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 10 of 10 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 54 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 57 C5 C6 Middle C C2 C3 C4 C5 60 "Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 10 of 10