National Song, Op. 12 No. 8

Versions

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

• As written336 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand212 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots122 notes
• Right-hand melody90 notes

The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand 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 E5, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from B1 to E4, 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, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 4ths, 2nds (steps), octaves, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 7ths
• Chords: inverted triads, triads
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds