Air on the G String

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written565 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots318 notes
• Right-hand melody282 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from G4 to A5, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from B1 to D4, with ledger lines
• No key signature to keep in mind
• Accidentals: sharps outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), octaves, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms