Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Funeral March, from the Sonata No. 2
Op. 35, third movement, arranged in A minor (Chopin wrote it in B flat minor)
In Easy pieces that sound hard
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 108 bars
- Plays in
- about 11 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written1423 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1307 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots640 notes
- Right-hand melody532 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 G3 to E6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from A1 to E4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: triads, inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. Credits