Description & Musical Analysis
Often called the Raindrop Prelude, Chopin’s Op. 28 No. 15 surrounds a darker C-sharp-minor middle section with a steady, repeated-note figure in D-flat major. This complete four-minute-27-second piano MIDI contains 1,518 notes across both hands.
How to Play & Trivia
The Raindrop Prelude
Chopin’s Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15, is commonly called the Raindrop Prelude. A repeated note keeps returning through its calm opening and later sections; the middle passage turns toward C-sharp minor before the D-flat-major music returns.
Listen and practice
The complete MIDI lasts 4 minutes and 27 seconds and contains 1,518 notes across two piano parts. Listen for the recurring accompaniment beneath the changing melody, then practice the left-hand pattern separately before joining the hands. Compare the quieter outer sections with the more tense central passage.
Score and source
This is the complete MIDI distributed with Mutopia’s five-page Edition Peters score for Prelude Op. 28 No. 15. The score is marked Public Domain and maintained by Magnus Lewis-Smith. [View the Mutopia score and MIDI source](https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=471).
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