Nocturne No. 1 in E flat

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

• As written1145 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1132 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots414 notes
• Right-hand melody348 notes

The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 3, engraved on its own page.

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 B6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from F2 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, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 6ths, 4ths, 10ths, 5ths
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms