Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
For Children No. 4
No. IV of Bartók's For Children, Volume I, in the original edition (Budapest, 1909), not the 1945 revision: the Hungarian song Elvesztettem zsebkendőmet
No. 4 of 42 in Bartók's For Children (original edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 138: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written276 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand275 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots144 notes
- Right-hand melody97 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 C4 to G5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C3 to D4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 9ths
- Hands playing together, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from Rozsnyai Károly, Budapest (printed by C. G. Röder, Leipzig–Budapest), 1909, plate R.K. 376 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Béla Bartók died in 1945. Credits