Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Arabesque No. 1: piano notes with letters

The sheet music as written, with each note's letter under it

Every note below has its letter under it, sharps and flats as the score spells them, so you can find each key. Use the letters to get started, then leave them behind: a letter names the key, but the note on the staff also tells you how long to hold it, which hand plays it and where the tune goes next, at a glance. Play it with the letters once or twice, then drill its 22 notes on the staff and print the page without them.

Level: 4 of 7
Key: E major
Time: 4/4
Length: 106 bars
Notes to know: 22

Drill its 22 notes Practise it

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Right hand plays: C C♯ D D♯ E F F♯ G G♯ A A♯ B
Left hand plays: C B♯ C♯ D D♯ E E♯ F F♯ F𝄪 G G♯ A A♯ B♭ B

The first 16 bars of Arabesque No. 1 on the grand staff, with each note's letter name under it — The first 16 bars as written, each note's letter under it. The whole piece prints below.

Print the whole piece

With the letters106 bars
Without the letters106 bars

When you can name its notes without looking down, read it from Arabesque No. 1's page: the same music with no letters, its easier versions, and what stands between you and it. How letter names work, and the other ways of naming notes: piano note names.

Score typeset by Keith OHara for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Claude Debussy died in 1918. Credits