Description & Musical Analysis
Chopin’s Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4, lets a slow piano pulse carry a quiet, shifting melody. Follow the complete 2-minute-13-second MIDI and compare its 92 upper-part notes with the 512-note accompaniment.
How to Play & Trivia
About this Chopin prelude
Prelude in E minor is No. 4 in Chopin’s Op. 28 cycle. The music creates its weight through the relationship between a restrained upper line and a persistent lower-part pattern. Rather than building through speed, it lets small harmonic changes reshape the same calm pulse.
Listen and practice
Start with the lower pattern and keep it soft and even. Then follow the upper notes as they enter, pause, and change direction. Slowing the MIDI can make the balance between melody and accompaniment easier to hear. This complete Mutopia piano edition lasts 2 minutes and 13 seconds and contains 604 note events.
Edition source
The MIDI follows Mutopia’s Peters edition, listed as Op. 28 and credited to Herrmann Scholtz (1900b). The score is marked Public Domain. [View the score and MIDI source at Mutopia](https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=921).
Available Instruments: Piano (Grand, Upright, Electric), Synthesizer, Organ, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Viola Caipira, Ukulele, Bass (4 and 5 strings), Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Kalimba, Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Flute, Ocarina, Saxophone, Clarinet, and Trumpet.
