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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Für Elise, WoO 59

Für Elise

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
3/8
Length
126 bars
Plays in
about 3 min

Practise it

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

The opening bars of Für Elise, WoO 59
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written948 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand885 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots656 notes
  • Right-hand melody551 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to C7, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
  • Chords: triads, inverted triads, seventh chords
  • Hands taking turns, hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827. Credits