Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Once Upon a Time, Op. 71 No. 1
Der var engang (Es war einmal), from Lyric Pieces, Book 10
No. 60 of 66 in Grieg's Lyric Pieces
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 104: the middle of the speeds usually taken for Andante con moto. 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 written1572 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1123 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots687 notes
- Right-hand melody570 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 B6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E1 to G4, 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, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 2nds (steps), 6ths, 3rds (skips)
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
Sections
The piece in 19 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
- Bars 1–8level 4 of 7
- Bars 9–16played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 18–27level 3 of 7
- Bars 28–35level 4 of 7
- Bars 36–43level 4 of 7
- Bars 44–51level 6 of 7
- Bars 52–59level 6 of 7
- Bars 60–63level 3 of 7
- Bars 64–71level 3 of 7
- Bars 28–35level 4 of 7
- Bars 36–43level 4 of 7
- Bars 44–51level 6 of 7
- Bars 52–59level 6 of 7
- Bars 60–63level 3 of 7
- Bars 64–71level 3 of 7
- Bars 72–79level 3 of 7
- Bars 80–85level 4 of 7
- Bars 86–91level 4 of 7
- Bars 92–96level 4 of 7
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
Checked against the edition. Typed from the scan, then compared bar by bar with a computer reading of the same scan; the 48 bars where they differed were settled against the scan. How we check