George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key signature
- 2 flats
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 89 bars
- Plays in
- about 5 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.
- As written1614 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1585 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots1061 notes
- Right-hand melody994 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to B6, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: George Frideric Handel died in 1759. Credits