Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 sheet music

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), Level 10 · Advanced, 2:44

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  • Some held notes in bars 1–6, 8–35, 43–49, 51–60 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed.
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 1 of 8Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943). Regular keyboard staff. Print at 100%, not fit-to-page.CCDDEFFGGAABBold red line: C4 · Solid line: other Cs, D F G A · Dotted grey line: E | F and B | CC2C3C544AG♯C♯C♯C♯G♯C♯EBED♯A♯D♯ADADG♯B♯F♯B♯AAG♯G♯C♯C♯C♯C♯EG♯EG♯BG♯GA♯GAAF♯B♯F♯G♯G♯D♯F♯D♯C2C3C53C♯C♯G♯C♯EBED♯A♯D♯ADADG♯B♯F♯B♯C♯C♯G♯C♯G♯C♯G♯F♯C♯F♯B♯EAEBD♯AD♯C♯C♯EG♯EG♯BG♯GA♯GAAF♯B♯F♯G♯G♯D♯F♯D♯C♯C♯EG♯EBC♯BAC♯AB♯B♯F♯AF♯BBF♯AF♯C2C3C55EEBEBEBAEAEG♯C♯G♯D♯GC♯GG♯G♯D♯G♯AEAF♯C♯F♯G♯D♯G♯EBEF♯C♯F♯D♯AD♯EEG♯BG♯D♯ED♯C♯EC♯EEA♯C♯A♯D♯D♯A♯C♯A♯G♯G♯BD♯BC♯EC♯AC♯ABD♯BG♯BG♯AC♯AF♯AF♯"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 1 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 2 of 8C2C3C57EBEEBEF♯C♯F♯D♯AD♯EBEC♯G♯C♯D♯AD♯B♯F♯B♯C♯G♯C♯C♯G♯C♯EBED♯A♯D♯ADADG♯B♯F♯B♯G♯BG♯G♯BG♯AC♯AF♯AF♯G♯BG♯EG♯EF♯AF♯D♯F♯D♯EG♯EEG♯EG♯BG♯GA♯GAAF♯B♯F♯G♯G♯D♯F♯D♯C2C3C59C♯C♯G♯C♯G♯C♯G♯F♯C♯F♯AEAEG♯B♯F♯B♯C♯C♯G♯C♯DADBF♯BC♯G♯C♯AEABF♯BG♯DG♯C♯C♯EG♯EBC♯BAC♯AAAF♯B♯F♯G♯G♯D♯F♯D♯C♯C♯EG♯EF♯AF♯DF♯DEG♯EC♯EC♯DF♯DBF♯BC2C3C511AF♯AAF♯AC♯F♯C♯BF♯BGAEAG♯G♯D♯G♯C♯EC♯G♯EGD♯AF♯B♯DG♯D♯F♯B♯C♯F♯C♯C♯F♯C♯EF♯EDF♯DGGC♯EG♯G♯B♯F♯D♯C♯C♯G♯BA♯AAG♯G♯C2C3333313C♯EC♯G♯EGD♯AF♯B♯DG♯D♯F♯B♯EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯C♯C♯G♯BA♯AAG♯G♯C♯C♯A♯AG♯"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 2 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 3 of 8C2C33333333315EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯G♯G♯C♯F♯AC♯AF♯C♯G♯G♯C♯BC♯A♯AG♯ED♯F♯EC2C33333333317F♯F♯C♯EF♯F♯C♯EF♯B♯D♯EEC♯EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯AD♯G♯C♯BA♯AG♯C2C33333333319EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯G♯G♯C♯F♯AC♯AF♯C♯G♯G♯C♯BC♯A♯AG♯ED♯F♯EC2C3C53333333321C♯C♯ABDADDG♯C♯C♯AF♯AD♯EG♯C♯DE♯BC♯F♯AEAF♯E♯ED♯B♯EC♯BG♯C♯A"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 3 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 4 of 8C3C53333333323DE♯BC♯F♯ABDG♯AC♯F♯AB♯F♯G♯C♯EF♯AD♯EG♯C♯BG♯C♯AG♯E♯AF♯F♯D♯G♯ED♯B♯EC♯C2C3C53333333325DAC♯AAC♯D♯A♯C♯A♯A♯C♯EBD♯BBD♯B♯B♯F♯C♯C♯EF♯DGD♯G♯ED♯C♯C2C3C53333333327EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯BC♯A♯AG♯BC♯A♯AG♯C3C53333333329G♯G♯C♯F♯AC♯AF♯C♯G♯G♯C♯F♯F♯C♯EF♯F♯C♯EF♯B♯D♯EEC♯C♯ED♯F♯EAD♯G♯C♯"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 4 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 5 of 8C2C3C53333333331EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯EG♯C♯D♯GC♯DF♯B♯C♯EG♯BC♯A♯AG♯BC♯A♯AG♯C3C5C63333333333G♯G♯C♯F♯AC♯AF♯C♯G♯G♯C♯BDG♯AC♯F♯DE♯BC♯F♯AC♯ED♯F♯EG♯E♯AF♯BG♯C♯AC3C5C63333333333333335F♯AD♯EG♯C♯B♯F♯AB♯F♯AC♯EG♯AD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯EE♯BDE♯BDF♯AC♯D♯B♯EC♯F♯D♯G♯EG♯ED♯B♯EC♯EC♯BG♯C♯AC♯AC3C5333333333333333337DG♯BDG♯BC♯F♯AB♯F♯AB♯F♯AC♯EG♯AD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯EE♯BDE♯BDF♯AC♯G♯E♯AF♯AF♯F♯D♯G♯EG♯ED♯B♯EC♯EC♯BG♯C♯AC♯A"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 5 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 6 of 8C3333333333333333339DG♯BDG♯BC♯F♯AB♯F♯AB♯F♯AC♯EG♯AD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯EB♯F♯AB♯F♯AC♯EG♯G♯E♯AF♯AF♯F♯D♯G♯EG♯ED♯B♯EC♯EC♯F♯D♯G♯EG♯EC3333333333333333341AD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯EAD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯EAD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯EAD♯F♯AD♯F♯G♯C♯ED♯B♯EC♯EC♯D♯B♯EC♯EC♯D♯B♯EC♯EC♯D♯B♯EC♯EC♯C2C3C5C643AAF♯C♯F♯G♯G♯G♯B♯G♯C♯EG♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯EG♯BED♯GA♯D♯AADF♯B♯DG♯G♯B♯D♯F♯B♯AAC♯F♯C♯G♯G♯F♯D♯B♯F♯C♯G♯EC♯EC♯G♯EG♯EBG♯GD♯A♯GAAF♯DB♯F♯G♯G♯D♯B♯F♯D♯C2C3C5C646C♯EG♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯EG♯BED♯GA♯D♯AADF♯B♯DG♯G♯B♯D♯F♯B♯C♯EG♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯G♯C♯G♯F♯C♯F♯B♯B♯EF♯AEBBD♯F♯AD♯C♯G♯EC♯EC♯G♯EG♯EBG♯GD♯A♯GAAF♯DB♯F♯G♯G♯D♯B♯F♯D♯C♯G♯EC♯EC♯G♯EBG♯C♯BAF♯C♯AB♯B♯F♯EAF♯BBF♯D♯AF♯"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 6 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 7 of 8C2C3C5C648EG♯BEEG♯BEBEBAEAEEG♯A♯C♯G♯D♯D♯GA♯C♯GG♯BD♯G♯G♯BD♯G♯AC♯EAF♯AC♯F♯G♯BD♯G♯EG♯BEF♯AC♯F♯D♯F♯AD♯EBG♯EG♯EBG♯D♯BED♯C♯AEC♯EEA♯G♯C♯A♯D♯D♯A♯GC♯A♯G♯D♯BG♯BG♯D♯BC♯AEC♯AF♯C♯ABG♯D♯BG♯EBG♯AF♯C♯AF♯D♯AF♯C2C3C5C650EG♯BEEG♯BEF♯AC♯F♯D♯F♯AD♯EG♯BEC♯EG♯C♯D♯F♯AD♯B♯D♯F♯B♯C♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯EG♯BED♯GA♯D♯AADF♯B♯DG♯G♯B♯D♯F♯B♯G♯EBG♯G♯EBG♯AF♯C♯AF♯D♯AF♯G♯EBG♯EC♯G♯EF♯D♯AF♯D♯B♯F♯D♯EC♯G♯EC♯C♯EC♯G♯EG♯EBG♯GD♯A♯GAAF♯DB♯F♯G♯G♯D♯B♯F♯D♯C2C3C5C652C♯EG♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯G♯C♯G♯F♯C♯F♯AAEF♯B♯EG♯G♯B♯D♯F♯B♯C♯C♯C♯EG♯C♯C♯G♯C♯DADBF♯BC♯G♯C♯AEABF♯BG♯DG♯C♯G♯EC♯EC♯G♯EBG♯C♯BAF♯C♯AAAF♯EB♯F♯G♯G♯D♯B♯F♯D♯EC♯G♯EC♯C♯EG♯EF♯AF♯DF♯DEG♯EC♯EC♯DF♯DBF♯B"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 7 of 8
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, keyboard staff, page 8 of 8C2C3C554AF♯AAF♯AC♯F♯C♯BF♯BGAEAG♯G♯F♯G♯C♯C♯AC♯C♯C♯G♯C♯C♯F♯C♯C♯F♯C♯EF♯EDF♯DGGC♯EG♯G♯B♯F♯D♯C♯C♯EAEC♯C♯EA♯EC2C3C557C♯C♯AC♯C♯C♯F♯A♯C♯C♯C♯F♯AC♯C♯C♯EGEC♯C♯EA♯F♯EC♯C♯D♯AF♯D♯C2C3C560C♯C♯EG♯C♯G♯C♯EG♯G♯C♯EG♯C♯C♯G♯EC♯G♯EC♯G♯EEC♯G♯E"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2033). Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Page 8 of 8
Photograph of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Bain News Service, undated. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

Key facts

Level
Level 10 · Advanced. Graded: RCM Celebration Series 2022 Level 10
Time signature
4/4
Key signature
4 sharps
Length
62 bars, 8 pages
Playing time
2:44
Notes
1,725
Range
C#1 to B6
  • The source file does not write out repeats, so marked repeats sound and show once.

Source and licence

This keyboard staff edition and its PDF are shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0, the same licence as the source.

"Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Typeset by Petro Kostandy for The Mutopia Project. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition Bosworth & Co. 1896; Universal Edition 1910.

Playback sounds: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0); Upright Piano KW by Gonzalo and Roberto of FreePats (CC0 1.0); Fluid R3 GM by Frank Wen and contributors (CC BY 3.0). Full sound credits.