Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Halling, Op. 47 No. 4
Norwegian dance, from Lyric Pieces, Book 4
No. 26 of 66 in Grieg's Lyric Pieces
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.
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.
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 written574 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand488 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots420 notes
- Right-hand melody352 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 B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to A2, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 9ths, 2nds played together in one hand
- One hand moving while the other holds, hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, 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