The Second Waltz
D. Shostakovich
In C minor, this piece is 168 chord changes across 166 bars under the notes on the page — a intermediate-tier piece by our difficulty audit, 86 of 97 in the library, ranked easiest to hardest. Reduced to block chords, that's a progression you can learn in a sitting; the piece you're reading is that progression wearing figuration.
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Free scores
- Blocked-chord reduction (MusicXML) — the harmony skeleton the player performs
- The piece as written (compressed MusicXML)