Green notes: right hand, blue notes: left hand. Preview played right in your browser with the app's real piano (lightweight version). Inside Pianovera: full multi-layer sound, fingering display and Wait mode.
George Sand claimed Chopin wrote it on a rainy night in Majorca, which is why this prelude and No. 15 still fight over the "raindrop" nickname. Its real signature shows from the MIDI's first notes: the melody lives in the left hand, down in cello territory, while the right repeats a discreet accompaniment above.
It's a healthy role reversal: for once your left hand must sing and your right must step back. The exercise unsettles every habit, which is exactly why it's worth doing early. Twenty-six slow bars, zero virtuosity, pure tone work.
Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor: the first notes
Right hand, in letter names (C4 = middle C): B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5… The rest scrolls in the preview above, with the fingering, and the sheet music PDF has the whole piece.
Play Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor on the virtual piano
Here are the Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor virtual piano notes, in computer keyboard letters: the first 8 bars of the melody, played by the left hand. One key per note, read left to right; dark keys are the sharps, and a thin line marks each bar. The melody sounds an octave higher than written, so it fits on the keyboard.
Letters for a QWERTY keyboardYour keyboard: 44 notes
MW5UO9OU5WL
M5UO=P=OU5W
BWUO]==[PO
9PO97UWER5WL
▶ Play on the virtual pianoThe piano opens with this piece loaded: the key to play lights up and waits for you.
What you'll be working on
A left hand that sings like a cello
The right hand in retreat: present, never intrusive
The repeated notes of the right, gently sprung
Dignified sorrow: slow, but never dragging
Playing Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor on piano with Pianovera
In Pianovera the blue left-hand melody stands out under the green accompaniment: the balance question answers itself visually. Isolate the left in Wait mode and make it sing alone before layering the right back on.
Open Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor in Pianovera: the notes fall toward an 88-key virtual piano keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out. On a PC, it's falling notes piano software for Windows, with video export up to 4K.
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Download the Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor MIDI and sheet music
The work itself is in the public domain, and this MIDI engraving was placed in the public domain by its typesetter on the Mutopia Project. Use it freely, videos included.
About this piece
Is Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor hard to play on piano?
We rate it intermediate: 405 notes over 1:41, spanning B1 to F#5, with sustain pedal marks. The first thing to work on: a left hand that sings like a cello.
Where can I get the sheet music for Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (314 KB), engraved by the Mutopia Project from the same source as the MIDI file, Public domain license. View it, print it, keep it.
Is the Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor MIDI file really free?
Yes. Frédéric Chopin died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1839) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.
