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Stephen Foster (1826–1864)

My Old Kentucky Home

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
4/4
Length
17 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of My Old Kentucky Home
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written183 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand150 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots90 notes
  • Right-hand melody74 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to E5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 7ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Stephen Foster died in 1864. Credits