Tickled to Death

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written1692 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1155 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots576 notes
• Right-hand melody468 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 B3 to E6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from A1 to F4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 flats (A♭ major or F minor)
• Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
• Intervals: octaves, 6ths, 7ths, 4ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips)
• Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns