Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 · piano sheet music & MIDI file
The Minute Waltz as a free piano MIDI: 90 seconds to watch fall in the preview, one file to download, one sheet music PDF to keep.
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.
The nickname is a misunderstanding: the publisher meant "small", not "sixty seconds". Legend has Chopin improvising it while watching a little dog chase its tail, and you can hear it in this MIDI: the right hand spins in perpetual loops while the left waltzes on, unbothered.
This is the velocity benchmark of the upper-intermediate repertoire, and our file doesn't cheat: fifteen notes per second on average. The secret isn't force, it's economy. Fingers glued to the keys, a wrist that breathes once per bar. Bring it up slowly or it sabotages itself, there's no third option.
What you'll be working on
- The right-hand spinning figure without tension
- A left-hand waltz that ignores the panic upstairs
- The long central trill and its clean exit
- Raising speed by metronome steps, not by enthusiasm
Playing Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 on piano with Pianovera
Pianovera's Scroll mode with adjustable speed was made for this piece: start at 50%, add 5% for every clean pass. The two hand colors expose instantly whether your left hand is getting dragged along by the right.
Open Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 in Pianovera: notes fall toward the keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out.
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Two files are waiting for you: the Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 piano MIDI file (13 KB, opens in Pianovera or any MIDI player) and the Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 piano sheet music PDF (361 KB, printable). Both come from the same engraving: what you read on the score is exactly what you hear in the preview.
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 Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 hard to play on piano?
We rate it advanced: 1370 notes over 1:30, spanning C2 to F7, with sustain pedal marks. The first thing to work on: the right-hand spinning figure without tension.
Where can I get the sheet music for Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (361 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 Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 MIDI file really free?
Yes. Frédéric Chopin died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1847) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.