Nimrod, from the Enigma Variations

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written500 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand373 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots195 notes
• Right-hand melody153 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 A3 to E6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from B1 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
• Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips)
• Chords: inverted triads, triads
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns