Bethena

Versions

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

• As written2706 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1905 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots957 notes
• Right-hand melody742 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 F4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
• Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
• Intervals: octaves, 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths, 5ths
• Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns