Variation 11

Un poco piu animato
4/16 time

Variation 11, marked sempre pp and dolciss., is light, quiet, and mysterious. The right hand plays high octaves in sixteenth notes, beginning with repeated Cs, moving down by steps, then up by steps. The bass begins each bar with a low D in an eighth note that is repeated through most of the piece, followed by a two-note chord. The first half ends with three-note chords in the right hand, syncopated, accompanied by quarter-note octaves in the bass. The second half is an exact repeat of the first half, although ending with slightly altered different chords.