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In chapter 1 of _Nodame Cantabile_ , it is implied that Chiaki is playing some
Beethoven in preparation for the school concerto competition. We also get a
snapshot of a score, which presumably contains what he is playing.

[![score in chapter
1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SkCnv.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SkCnv.png)

Do we know what piece Chiaki is playing? In the anime, he is playing
Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 5 ("Emperor"), and it is easy to recognise as
he starts from the beginning of the first movement. However, the score here
does not correspond to any section of the concerto that I can recognise, and
in any case, we are not explicitly told what piece he is practising.

I tried skimming through [a copy of the piano
part](http://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/f/f8/IMSLP33972-PMLP03875-Beethoven-
Op073soloPeters.pdf) of _Emperor_ and could not find a section that matched.
Inputting part of this score into the Musipedia search engine also did not get
any useful results.


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In the manga, what piece is Chiaki playing at the beginning?


This is the first movement of Beethoven's _Piano Concerto no. 1_ , which is
not the concerto being played in the anime. Examining the section where the
piano begins to play, we can see a correspondence between the [orchestral
reduction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction_\(music\)) (as shown in a
piano part) and the bars of top line shown in the manga. The lower line
corresponds to the opening of the piano part, although a couple notes at the
very beginning are missing.

For comparison, here is the relevant section of [the piano
part](http://hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9f/IMSLP33362-PMLP04230-Beethoven-
Op015PSptrs.pdf). The orchestral part (i.e. the first line) is marked with
yellow brackets; the piano (i.e. the second) with blue. (Note that the score
Chiaki is using has a different format from the one I found; his includes the
orchestral reduction even when the piano is playing, and the reduction
occupies a separate line.)

[![score with
markings](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t9d5L.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t9d5L.png)


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