Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Theme from the Surprise Symphony
- Level
- 2 of 5
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 24 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 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 written139 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand124 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots107 notes
- Right-hand melody83 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to E5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G2 to C4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, octaves
- Chords: triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Joseph Haydn died in 1809. Credits