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Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Gone, Op. 71 No. 6

Forbi (Vorüber), from Lyric Pieces, Book 10

No. 65 of 66 in Grieg's Lyric Pieces

Level
5 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
33 bars
Plays in
1 to 2 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The opening bars of Gone, Op. 71 No. 6
The opening bars

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 written392 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand285 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots161 notes
  • Right-hand melody129 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 G3 to C6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E1 to F4, 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: 5ths, 2nds (steps), octaves, 6ths, 4ths, 7ths
  • Chords: inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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

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