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Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215/1

Level
7 of 7
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
3/4
Length
210 bars
Plays in
2 to 4 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215/1
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written1814 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1549 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots886 notes
  • Right-hand melody702 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 A6, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), octaves, 5ths, 6ths
  • 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: Franz Liszt died in 1886. Credits