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Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
2 flats
Time
2/4
Length
142 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

Practise it

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The opening bars of Hungarian Dance No. 5
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written1716 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1255 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots605 notes
  • Right-hand melody463 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to G6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G1 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 6ths, octaves, 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johannes Brahms died in 1897. Credits