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Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Folk Song, Op. 38 No. 2

Folkevise, from Lyric Pieces, Book 2

Level
3 of 7
Time
3/4
Length
68 bars
Plays in
1 to 2 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 138: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro. Its length counts from that.

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 Folk Song, Op. 38 No. 2
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 written665 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand406 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots307 notes
  • Right-hand melody239 notes

The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 2, 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 F5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E1 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: octaves, 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 7ths, 2nds (steps)
  • Chords: inverted 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

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score typed for Clefsight from C.F. Peters, Leipzig, 1902, plate 8800 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Edvard Grieg died in 1907. Credits