Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Sailor's Song, Op. 68 No. 1
Matrosernes opsang, from Lyric Pieces, Book 9
No. 54 of 66 in Grieg's Lyric Pieces
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.
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 written702 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand434 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots220 notes
- Right-hand melody164 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 2, 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 D5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C1 to E4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: octaves, 4ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), 7ths, 3rds played together in one hand
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, 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 the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Edvard Grieg died in 1907. Credits