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Scott Joplin (1868–1917)

Solace

(Excerpt from A Mexican Serenade) From The Sting

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

Practise it

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

The opening bars of Solace
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written887 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand595 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots324 notes
  • Right-hand melody260 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to B5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to F4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 10ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Scott Joplin died in 1917. Credits