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George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

March from Scipio

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
4/4
Length
33 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of March from Scipio
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written349 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand243 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots152 notes
  • Right-hand melody120 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to F5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths, octaves
  • 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

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: George Frideric Handel died in 1759. Credits