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Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Puck, Op. 71 No. 3

Småtrold (Kobold), from Lyric Pieces, Book 10

No. 62 of 66 in Grieg's Lyric Pieces

Level
5 of 7
Key
E♭ minor
Time
2/2
Length
138 bars
Plays in
2 to 4 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at half note = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro, two thirds of it counted in half notes. 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 Puck, Op. 71 No. 3
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 written1450 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1049 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots608 notes
  • Right-hand melody479 notes

The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 4, 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 G6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 6 flats (G♭ major or E♭ minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, octaves, 3rds (skips)
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position

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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