The library
159 pieces to read and learn, from Ode to Joy to the Moonlight Sonata. Every one is public domain, and every one comes with easier versions made from the score itself.
- 26level 2
- 68level 3
- 46level 4
- 19level 5
Level 1, your first weeks of reading, is written for you: fresh pieces from your first note, made from what you already read. The library starts at level 2.
Level 2
A tune over a simple left hand, mostly in one hand position. Minuets, carols, Ode to Joy, Czerny's first studies.
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Air from Little Russia
Ludwig van Beethoven 1 sharp, 2/4, 32 bars -
Allegro in C, K. 1b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 2/4, 12 bars -
Berceuse, from Enfantillages pittoresques
Erik Satie no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars -
Carousel Waltz
Louis Gobbaerts no sharps or flats, 3/4, 32 bars -
Deck the Halls
Traditional no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars -
Gavotte
Georg Philipp Telemann no sharps or flats, 4/4, 9 bars -
Gavotte
James Hook no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars -
Minuet
James Hook no sharps or flats, 3/4, 32 bars -
Minuet in F
Leopold Mozart 1 flat, 3/4, 32 bars -
Minuet in G
Johann Sebastian Bach 1 sharp, 3/4, 16 bars -
Ode to Joy
Ludwig van Beethoven no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars -
Oh! Susanna
Stephen Foster 2 sharps, 4/4, 17 bars -
Old German Dance
Michael Praetorius no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars -
Papageno's Aria, from The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 4/4, 23 bars -
Rule, Britannia!
Thomas Arne no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars -
Russian Folk Song, Op. 107 No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven 1 sharp, 2/4, 32 bars -
Silent Night
Traditional no sharps or flats, 3/4, 24 bars -
Sinterklaas Kapoentje
Traditional 1 flat, 6/8, 20 bars -
Spring, from The Four Seasons (simple arrangement)
Antonio Vivaldi 3 sharps, 4/4, 27 bars -
Study, Op. 139 No. 1
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars -
Study, Op. 139 No. 2
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars -
The Blue Danube (theme)
Johann Strauss II no sharps or flats, 3/4, 32 bars -
Theme from the Sonata in A, K. 331
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 3/4, 16 bars -
Theme from the Surprise Symphony
Joseph Haydn no sharps or flats, 4/4, 24 bars -
Up on the Housetop
Benjamin Hanby no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars -
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional 1 flat, 3/4, 17 bars
Level 3
Both hands busy, the hand moves around, a sharp or flat or two. Most of the Notebook minuets, sonatinas, The Entertainer.
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Aftenhvile i Leiren
Hanna Bergwitz-Goffeng 1 flat, 4/4, 33 bars -
Allegro in B flat, K. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2 flats, 2/4, 61 bars -
Allegro in F, K. 1c
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 flat, 2/4, 25 bars -
Amazing Grace
Traditional 1 sharp, 3/4, 87 bars -
Andante in C, K. 1a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 3/4, 8 bars -
Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2
Friedrich Burgmüller no sharps or flats, 2/4, 47 bars -
As Joseph Was A-Walking
Traditional 2 sharps, 6/8, 18 bars -
Away in a Manger
James Ramsey Murray 1 flat, 3/4, 17 bars -
Brindisi, from La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi no sharps or flats, 3/4, 52 bars -
Burlesque in F
Leopold Mozart 1 flat, 4/4, 17 bars -
Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel 2 sharps, 4/4, 33 bars -
Carol of the Bells
Mykola Leontovych 2 flats, 3/4, 25 bars -
Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 1
Henry Lemoine no sharps or flats, 2/2, 16 bars -
Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 12
Henry Lemoine no sharps or flats, 2/4, 30 bars -
Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 4
Henry Lemoine 1 sharp, 2/4, 22 bars -
Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 6
Henry Lemoine no sharps or flats, 3/8, 72 bars -
German Dance in A
Franz Schubert 3 sharps, 3/4, 33 bars -
Giga
Samuel Arnold no sharps or flats, 6/8, 32 bars -
Gnossienne No. 1
Erik Satie no sharps or flats, 4/4, 54 bars -
Greensleeves
Traditional no sharps or flats, 3/4, 33 bars -
Impertinence, HWV 494
George Frideric Handel 2 flats, 2/2, 41 bars -
Invention No. 1 in C, BWV 772
Johann Sebastian Bach no sharps or flats, 4/4, 22 bars -
Jingle Bells
James Pierpont 1 sharp, 4/4, 66 bars -
Komm, lieber Mai
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 flat, 6/8, 17 bars -
Little Dance
Georg Philipp Telemann 2 sharps, 3/4, 12 bars -
Little Prelude in C
Johann Sebastian Bach no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars -
March from Scipio
George Frideric Handel 2 sharps, 4/4, 33 bars -
March in D
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 2 sharps, 2/2, 45 bars -
Menuet, from the Premier livre
Jean-Philippe Rameau no sharps or flats, 3/4, 52 bars -
Minuet and Trio in G, K. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 sharp, 3/4, 81 bars -
Minuet in A, Hob. IX:8 No. 6
Joseph Haydn 3 sharps, 3/4, 33 bars -
Minuet in C, K. 1f
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 3/4, 33 bars -
Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132
Johann Sebastian Bach 1 flat, 3/4, 32 bars -
Minuet in D, K. 7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2 sharps, 3/4, 44 bars -
Minuet in F, BWV Anh. 113
Johann Sebastian Bach 1 flat, 3/4, 64 bars -
Minuet in F, K. 1d
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 flat, 3/4, 40 bars -
Minuet in F, K. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 flat, 3/4, 48 bars -
Minuet in F, K. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 flat, 3/4, 32 bars -
Minuet in G major
Christian Petzold 1 sharp, 3/4, 64 bars -
Minuet in G minor
Christian Petzold 2 flats, 3/4, 64 bars -
Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg no sharps or flats, 6/8, 38 bars -
Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7
Frédéric Chopin 3 sharps, 3/4, 17 bars -
Presto, from the Sonata in A minor
Georg Benda no sharps or flats, 6/8, 36 bars -
Rondo alla turca (Turkish March)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 2/4, 65 bars -
Santa Lucia (Neapolitan air)
Carl Czerny 1 sharp, 3/4, 33 bars -
Sarabande, HWV 437
George Frideric Handel 1 flat, 3/2, 32 bars -
Short Exercise, Op. 821 No. 1
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 8 bars -
Short Exercise, Op. 821 No. 3
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 8 bars -
Short Exercise, Op. 821 No. 4
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 6/8, 8 bars -
Sonatina in C
Muzio Clementi no sharps or flats, 4/4, 76 bars -
Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1: Allegro
Friedrich Kuhlau no sharps or flats, 4/4, 111 bars -
Sonatina in F, Anh. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven 1 flat, 2/4, 71 bars -
Sonatina in G
Thomas Attwood 1 sharp, 4/4, 28 bars -
Sonatina in G, Anh. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven 1 sharp, 4/4, 50 bars -
Song Without Words
Fritz Spindler no sharps or flats, 3/8, 49 bars -
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Antonín Dvořák no sharps or flats, 2/4, 38 bars -
Spring, from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi 2 sharps, 4/4, 40 bars -
Study in Thirds
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 2/4, 64 bars -
Swan Lake (theme)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2 sharps, 4/4, 27 bars -
Tedesca
Joseph Haydn 1 sharp, 3/4, 32 bars -
The Clear Stream, Op. 100 No. 7
Friedrich Burgmüller 1 sharp, 4/4, 24 bars -
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin no sharps or flats, 4/4, 37 bars -
The Irish Rover
Traditional no sharps or flats, 4/4, 68 bars -
The School of Velocity, Op. 299 No. 1
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 44 bars -
Träumerei
Cornelius Gurlitt 2 flats, 3/4, 44 bars -
Waltz, D. 969 No. 9
Franz Schubert no sharps or flats, 3/4, 37 bars -
Waltz, Op. 32 No. 1
Carl Czerny 3 sharps, 3/4, 33 bars -
Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Bernhard Flies 1 flat, 6/8, 16 bars
Level 4
Real independence between the hands and more accidentals. Bach's inventions and little preludes, Für Elise, Chopin's easier preludes.
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A New Ground
Henry Purcell 1 sharp, 4/4, 31 bars -
Andante in D, K. 15o
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2 sharps, 2/4, 46 bars -
Child Falling Asleep, from Kinderszenen
Robert Schumann 1 sharp, 2/4, 32 bars -
Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 39
Henry Lemoine 4 sharps, 2/4, 40 bars -
Courante
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre no sharps or flats, 3/2, 45 bars -
Funeral March in C minor, Op. 72
Frédéric Chopin 3 flats, 4/4, 76 bars -
Für Elise, WoO 59
Ludwig van Beethoven no sharps or flats, 3/8, 126 bars -
Gavotte, from the Premier livre
Jean-Philippe Rameau no sharps or flats, 2/2, 65 bars -
Gigue
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre no sharps or flats, 6/4, 64 bars -
Gigue, from the Suite in G minor, HWV 432
George Frideric Handel 2 flats, 12/8, 39 bars -
Gnossienne No. 3
Erik Satie no sharps or flats, 4/4, 54 bars -
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Johannes Brahms 2 flats, 2/4, 142 bars -
Invention No. 15 in B minor, BWV 786
Johann Sebastian Bach 2 sharps, 4/4, 22 bars -
Invention No. 2 in C minor, BWV 773
Johann Sebastian Bach 3 flats, 4/4, 27 bars -
Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779
Johann Sebastian Bach 1 flat, 3/4, 34 bars -
Little Prelude in C, BWV 924
Johann Sebastian Bach no sharps or flats, 4/4, 18 bars -
Little Prelude in C, BWV 933
Johann Sebastian Bach no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars -
Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 935
Johann Sebastian Bach 1 flat, 3/8, 96 bars -
Mazurka in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin 3 flats, 3/4, 54 bars -
Minore in A minor, K. 15k
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 3/4, 36 bars -
Minuet in G minor, BWV 842
Johann Sebastian Bach 2 flats, 3/4, 32 bars -
Moment musical in F minor, Op. 94 No. 3
Franz Schubert 4 flats, 2/4, 78 bars -
Nocturne No. 10
John Field 1 sharp, 12/8, 37 bars -
Prelude in C, BWV 846
Johann Sebastian Bach no sharps or flats, 4/4, 35 bars -
Prelude in C, Op. 28 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin no sharps or flats, 2/8, 34 bars -
Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin 1 sharp, 4/4, 26 bars -
Prelude, Op. 40 No. 3
Anatoly Lyadov 1 flat, 3/4, 23 bars -
Rêverie
Claude Debussy 1 flat, 4/4, 101 bars -
Scherzo in A
Johann Nepomuk Hummel 3 sharps, 3/8, 74 bars -
Solace
Scott Joplin 1 flat, 2/4, 64 bars -
Sonata in A, K. 323
Domenico Scarlatti 3 sharps, 6/8, 125 bars -
Sonata in B flat, K. 570: I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2 flats, 3/4, 418 bars -
Sonata in C, K. 330: III
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart no sharps or flats, 2/4, 239 bars -
Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI:34: I
Joseph Haydn 1 sharp, 6/8, 254 bars -
Sonatina in A minor
Carl Reinecke no sharps or flats, 4/4, 64 bars -
Song of the Lark, from The Seasons
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2 flats, 2/4, 46 bars -
Song Without Words
Felix Mendelssohn no sharps or flats, 6/8, 65 bars -
Ständchen (Serenade)
Franz Schubert 1 flat, 3/4, 82 bars -
Study for the Fifth Finger
Heinrich Germer 1 sharp, 4/4, 16 bars -
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frideric Handel 2 flats, 4/4, 89 bars -
The School of Velocity, Op. 299 No. 5
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 52 bars -
The School of Velocity, Op. 299 No. 6
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars -
The School of Velocity, Op. 299 No. 9
Carl Czerny no sharps or flats, 4/4, 71 bars -
Valses poéticos No. 5
Enrique Granados 2 flats, 3/4, 68 bars -
Waltz in A minor, B. 150
Frédéric Chopin no sharps or flats, 3/4, 81 bars -
Waltz in B minor
Frédéric Chopin 2 sharps, 3/4, 177 bars
Level 5
The edge of early intermediate: dense textures, fast passages and far keys. The Moonlight Sonata, Maple Leaf Rag, Solfeggietto.
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Album Leaf
Alexander Scriabin 3 flats, 3/4, 27 bars -
Children's Study, Op. 37 No. 50
Henry Lemoine 3 flats, 2/4, 24 bars -
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1 sharp, 2/4, 52 bars -
Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin 4 sharps, 3/4, 45 bars -
Étude in F minor, Op. 25 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin 4 flats, 4/4, 70 bars -
Fantaisie-impromptu, Op. 66
Frédéric Chopin 4 sharps, 2/2, 138 bars -
Invention No. 9 in F minor, BWV 780
Johann Sebastian Bach 4 flats, 3/4, 34 bars -
La plus que lente
Claude Debussy 6 flats, 3/4, 148 bars -
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin 4 flats, 2/4, 145 bars -
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin 4 sharps, 3/4, 139 bars -
Moonlight Sonata: I
Ludwig van Beethoven 4 sharps, 4/4, 69 bars -
Nuages gris
Franz Liszt 2 flats, 4/4, 48 bars -
Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20
Frédéric Chopin 3 flats, 4/4, 13 bars -
Solfeggietto in C minor
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 3 flats, 4/4, 35 bars -
Sonata in C sharp minor, K. 247
Domenico Scarlatti 4 sharps, 3/8, 198 bars -
Sonata in E, K. 531
Domenico Scarlatti 4 sharps, 6/8, 230 bars -
Sonata in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1: I
Ludwig van Beethoven 4 flats, 2/2, 305 bars -
Song Without Words: Andante con moto
Felix Mendelssohn 4 sharps, 4/4, 62 bars -
The Little Shepherd, from Children's Corner
Claude Debussy 3 sharps, 4/4, 31 bars
Composers
Every composer with two or more pieces here has a page of their own.
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 2
- Johann Sebastian Bach 14
- Ludwig van Beethoven 8
- Friedrich Burgmüller 2
- Frédéric Chopin 11
- Carl Czerny 12
- Claude Debussy 3
- George Frideric Handel 5
- Joseph Haydn 4
- James Hook 2
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre 2
- Scott Joplin 3
- Henry Lemoine 6
- Felix Mendelssohn 2
- Leopold Mozart 2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 18
- Christian Petzold 2
- Jean-Philippe Rameau 2
- Erik Satie 3
- Domenico Scarlatti 3
- Franz Schubert 4
- Alexander Scriabin 2
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 3
- Georg Philipp Telemann 2
- Antonio Vivaldi 2
- Traditional 8