Temptation Rag

Versions

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

• As written2037 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1659 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots972 notes
• Right-hand melody832 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
• Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), octaves, 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 6ths
• 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