Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Shepherd's Boy, Op. 54 No. 1
Gjetergut, from Lyric Pieces, Book 5
No. 30 of 66 in Grieg's Lyric Pieces
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 61: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. 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 written752 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand619 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots422 notes
- Right-hand melody350 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 G6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 10ths
- Chords: 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
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