Moonlight Sonata: I

Versions

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

• As written1134 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand671 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots506 notes
• Right-hand melody439 notes

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from G3 to D6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from E1 to A3, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 3rds (skips), octaves, 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps)
• Chords: inverted triads
• One hand moving while the other holds, hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms