Having 69 keys might seem restrictive, when it comes to choosing piano repertoire to learn. In order to make your Keybird easily transportable and portable, there had to be some limitations to the range. Instead of going for the full 88-key (sometimes 97) solution, we thought the range of E1-C7 would be perfect for most classical music repertoire to be enjoyed.
As the Baroque and Classical periods yielded the first pianos ever, technical improvements and increases in concert hall capacities led to bigger and better pianos, which also meant extending the possible range of the instrument. Composers, as the pioneers of sound, leaped onto these possibilities and started to write music with more and more extreme ranges. On the other hand, it didn’t mean the exploration of the “extended” mid-range was halted abruptly from the Romanticism onwards…
Have a look at the vast (but not exhaustive) list below to see what different classical periods you can choose from. See also: What to do when you “run out of keys”?
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” – 3rd Movement | 29-93 | F1-A6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” – 2nd Movement | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” – 1st Movement | 29-93 | F1-A6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – September: The Hunt | 36-91 | C2-G6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – October: Autumn Song | 37-82 | C#2-A#5 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – November: Troika | 38-92 | D2-G#6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – March: Song of the Lark | 38-86 | D2-D6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – July: Song of the Reaper | 34-89 | A#1-F6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – February: Carnival | 29-93 | F1-A6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – December: Christmas | 39-92 | D#2-G#6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – August: Harvest | 35-95 | B1-B6 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a – April: Snowdrop | 39-86 | D#2-D6 |
| Schumann: Album for the Young, Op. 68 – 12. Knecht Ruprecht (Servant Ruprecht) | 33-81 | A1-A5 |
| Schumann: Album for the Young, Op. 68 – 10. Wilder Reiter (Wild Rider) | 46-77 | A#2-F5 |
| Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 – 7th Movement | 31-89 | G1-F6 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse) | 31-81 | G1-A5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 8. Am Kamin (At the Fireside) | 29-81 | F1-A5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 7. Träumerei (Dreaming) | 34-82 | A#1-A#5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 5. Glückes genug (Happy Enough) | 33-81 | A1-A5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child) | 38-79 | D2-G5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 3. Hasche-Mann (Blind Man’s Bluff) | 36-86 | C2-D6 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 2. Kuriose Geschichte (A Curious Story) | 45-81 | A2-A5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks) | 31-91 | G1-G6 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep) | 28-83 | E1-B5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening) | 31-79 | G1-G5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 10. Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious) | 32-80 | G#1-G#5 |
| Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People) | 42-79 | F#2-G5 |
| Schubert: Moment musical Nr. 6 As-Dur op. 94,6 D 780 | 32-89 | G#1-F6 |
| Schubert: Moment musical Nr. 5 f-Moll op. 94,5 D 780 | 29-92 | F1-G#6 |
| Schubert: Moment musical Nr. 4 cis-Moll op. 94,4 D 780 | 29-85 | F1-C#6 |
| Schubert: Moment musical Nr. 3 f-Moll op. 94,3 D 780 | 37-82 | C#2-A#5 |
| Schubert: Moment musical Nr. 2 As-Dur op. 94,2 D 780 | 32-90 | G#1-F#6 |
| Schubert: Moment musical Nr. 1 C-Dur op. 94,1 D 780 | 31-95 | G1-B6 |
| Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D 899, Op. 90, E-flat major | 29-79 | F1-G5 |
| Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D 899, Op. 90, A-flat major | 29-92 | F1-G#6 |
| Schubert: Piano Sonata in D major, D 850, Op. 53 – 3rd Movement (Scherzo) | 31-91 | G1-G6 |
| Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 – 3rd Movement (Scherzo – Allegro vivace con delicatezza) | 29-94 | F1-A#6 |
| Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 – 2nd Movement (Andante sostenuto) | 28-88 | E1-E6 |
| Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784, Op. 143 – 1st Movement (Allegro giusto) | 28-93 | E1-A6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” – 3rd Movement | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” – 2nd Movement | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” – 1st Movement | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No.17 in B-flat major, K.570, III | 36-89 | C2-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No.17 in B-flat major, K.570, II | 34-87 | A#1-D#6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No.17 in B-flat major, K.570, I | 34-89 | A#1-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 – III. Rondo | 36-89 | C2-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 – II. Andante | 43-87 | G2-D#6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 – I. Allegro | 36-89 | C2-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 333 – III. Allegretto | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 333 – II. Andante cantabile | 39-89 | D#2-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 333 – I. Allegro | 29-91 | F1-G6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 332 – III. Allegro | 34-89 | A#1-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 332 – II. Adagio | 46-86 | A#2-D6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 332 – I. Allegro | 30-89 | F#1-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 – III. Alla Turca | 38-88 | D2-E6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 – II. Menuetto | 35-88 | B1-E6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 – I. Andante grazioso | 33-89 | A1-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 – III. Allegretto | 36-89 | C2-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 – II. Andante cantabile | 35-84 | B1-C6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 – I. Allegro moderato | 43-89 | G2-F6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311, III | 30-88 | F#1-E6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311, II | 35-88 | B1-E6 |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311, I | 35-88 | B1-E6 |
| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle | 34-85 | A#1-C#6 |
| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – Promenade – Il vecchio castello | 32-94 | G#1-A#6 |
| Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata – 3rd Movement: Presto agitato | 29-88 | F1-E6 |
| Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata – 2nd Movement: Allegretto (Scherzo) | 32-82 | G#1-A#5 |
| Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata – 1st Movement: Adagio sostenuto | 29-87 | F1-D#6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 62 No. 4 | 31-86 | G1-D6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 53 No. 5 | 28-82 | E1-A#5 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 30 No. 5 | 38-90 | D2-F#6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 30 No. 4 | 30-88 | F#1-E6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 30 No. 3 | 28-95 | E1-B6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 30 No. 2 | 29-82 | F1-A#5 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 30 No. 1 | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 6 | 29-86 | F1-D6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 5 | 30-93 | F#1-A6 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 4 | 30-83 | F#1-B5 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 2 | 33-82 | A1-A#5 |
| Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 1 | 30-84 | F#1-C6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hoboken XVI:9, III. Scherzo | 46-86 | A#2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hoboken XVI:9, II. Allegro | 34-86 | A#1-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hoboken XVI:9, I. Allegro | 29-86 | F1-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in G major, Hoboken XVI:8, IV. Andante | 38-86 | D2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in G major, Hoboken XVI:8, III. Andante | 38-86 | D2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in G major, Hoboken XVI:8, II. Menuett | 43-86 | G2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in G major, Hoboken XVI:8, I. Allegro | 31-86 | G1-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI:7, III. Allegro moderato | 36-86 | C2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI:7, II. Allegro moderato | 36-86 | C2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI:7, I. Allegro moderato | 36-86 | C2-D6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in Ab major, Hoboken XVI:43, III. Rondo Presto | 31-87 | G1-D#6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in Ab major, Hoboken XVI:43, II. Menuet | 44-84 | G#2-C6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in Ab major, Hoboken XVI:43, I. Moderato | 38-89 | D2-F6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI:35, III. Finale Allegro | 36-88 | C2-E6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI:35, II. Adagio | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hoboken XVI:35, I. Allegro con brio | 31-89 | G1-F6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in D major, Hoboken XVI:33, III. Tempo di Menuet | 33-89 | A1-F6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in D major, Hoboken XVI:33, II. Adagio | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in D major, Hoboken XVI:33, I. Allegro | 30-88 | F#1-E6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in G major, Hoboken XVI:40, II. Presto | 31-89 | G1-F6 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonata in G major, Hoboken XVI:40, I. Allegro e innocente | 38-89 | D2-F6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – March of the Dwarfs | 33-95 | A1-B6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Wanderer’s Song | 35-83 | B1-B5 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Waltz | 33-76 | A1-E5 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Watchman’s Song | 40-77 | E2-F5 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Once Upon a Time | 28-95 | E1-B6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – March of the Trolls | 29-96 | F1-C7 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Kobold | 32-90 | G#1-F#6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Halling | 31-93 | G1-A6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Elfentanz | 40-88 | E2-E6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Brooklet | 35-95 | B1-B6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Berceuse | 31-91 | G1-G6 |
| Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Albumblatt | 36-96 | C2-C7 |
| Granados: Danzas Españolas – Zarabanda | 31-91 | G1-G6 |
| Granados: Danzas Españolas – Oriental | 36-91 | C2-G6 |
| Chopin: Prelude in F-sharp minor, Opus 28 No. 8 | 35-93 | B1-A6 |
| Chopin: Prelude in A major, Opus 28 No. 7 | 33-85 | A1-C#6 |
| Chopin: Prelude in B minor, Opus 28 No. 6 | 35-78 | B1-F#5 |
| Chopin: Prelude in D major, Opus 28 No. 5 | 38-90 | D2-F#6 |
| Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Opus 28 No. 4 | 28-84 | E1-C6 |
| Chopin: Prelude in B-flat major, Opus 28 No. 21 | 29-90 | F1-F#6 |
| Chopin: Prelude in A minor, Opus 28 No. 2 | 28-73 | E1-C#5 |
| Chopin: Prelude in D-flat major, Opus 28 No. 15 “Raindrop” | 28-82 | E1-A#5 |
| Chopin: Prelude in F-sharp major, Opus 28 No. 13 | 30-80 | F#1-G#5 |
| Chopin: Prelude in B major, Opus 28 No. 11 | 30-83 | F#1-B5 |
| Chopin: Prelude in D-flat major, Opus 28 No. 15 “Raindrop” | 31-86 | G1-D6 |
| Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Opus 7 No. 2 | 33-90 | A1-F#6 |
| Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat major, Opus 7 No. 1 | 39-86 | D#2-D6 |
| Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Opus 35 – 4. Presto | 29-94 | F1-A#6 |
| Chopin: Étude in C minor, Opus 10 No. 12 “Revolutionary” | 36-88 | C2-E6 |
| Chopin: Étude in C major, Opus 10 No. 1 | 42-92 | F#2-G#6 |
| Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat minor | 32-92 | G#1-G#6 |
| Burgmüller: Étude in E minor, Op. 100, No. 24 “Trennung” | 29-91 | F1-G6 |
| Burgmüller: Étude in A minor, Op. 100, No. 15 “Quelle” | 36-95 | C2-B6 |
| Burgmüller: Étude in E minor, Op. 100, No. 3 “Erwachen im Walde” | 33-93 | A1-A6 |
| Burgmüller: Étude in A minor, Op. 100, No. 2 “Agitato” | 28-84 | E1-C6 |
| Brahms: Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 118, No. 5 | 28-88 | E1-E6 |
| Borodin: Petite Suite – No. 7 “Nocturne” | 35-89 | B1-F6 |
| Borodin: Petite Suite – No. 6 “Serenade” | 37-82 | C#2-A#5 |
| Borodin: Petite Suite – No. 5 “Réverie” | 32-80 | G#1-G#5 |
| Borodin: Petite Suite – No. 4 “Mazurka” | 32-85 | G#1-C#6 |
| Borodin: Petite Suite – No. 3 “Mazurka” | 36-86 | C2-D6 |
| Borodin: Petite Suite – No. 2 “Intermezzo” | 29-96 | F1-C7 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90, II | 30-93 | F#1-A6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90, I | 28-96 | E1-C7 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22, IV | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22, III | 33-86 | A1-D6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22, II | 31-89 | G1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22, I | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 3 – 3rd Movement | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 2 – 2nd Movement | 29-89 | F1-F6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 – 1st Movement | 31-90 | G1-F#6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” – 2nd Movement | 28-92 | E1-G#6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” – 1st Movement | 29-96 | F1-C7 |
| Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 850 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier) | 38-83 | D2-B5 |
| Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier) | 36-84 | C2-C6 |
| Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier) | 36-84 | C2-C6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” – 3rd Movement | 29-96 | F1-C7 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” – 2nd Movement | 30-94 | F#1-A#6 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” – 1st Movement | 29-96 | F1-C7 |
| Albéniz: Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47, No. 2, “Cataluña” | 31-91 | G1-G6 |
| Albéniz: Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47, No. 1, “Granada” | 36-89 | C2-F6 |
| Albéniz: España, Op. 165, No. 6, “Zortzico” | 35-95 | B1-B6 |
| Albéniz: España, Op. 165, No. 4, “Serenata” | 37-95 | C#2-B6 |
| Albéniz: España, Op. 165, No. 2, “Tango” | 33-86 | A1-D6 |