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Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)

To a Wild Rose, Op. 51 No. 1

From Woodland Sketches (1896)

In Famous classical pieces

Level
3 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
51 bars
Plays in
1 to 2 min

Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The opening bars of To a Wild Rose, Op. 51 No. 1
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

  • As written305 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand230 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots174 notes
  • Right-hand melody125 notes

Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.

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 C4 to F6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 6ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths, octaves
  • Chords: inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Edward MacDowell died in 1908. Credits

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