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Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)

Giga

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
6/8
Length
32 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Giga
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written230 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots184 notes
  • Right-hand melody152 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to C4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 5ths, 10ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Samuel Arnold died in 1802. Credits