Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4

Sheet music for the Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 by Frederic Chopin. A short character piece that captures quiet despair like no other, this is one of Chopin's easier preludes from the Opus 28 set. The long-phrased right hand melody sighs over heartbreaking, chromatically descending chords on the left, culminating in one anguished outburst before the resigned ending. The harmonic journey is such that a resolute, root-position tonic chord is delayed until the very last measure, keeping up the tension and desolate wandering throughout the piece. For late intermediate-level students, 3 pages.