Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Song Without Words in F sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 5
Restlessness
- Level
- 6 of 7
- Key signature
- F♯ minor
- Time
- 6/4
- Length
- 87 bars
- Plays in
- 3 to 6 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 120: the middle speed of the 49 studies and exercises in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written1578 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1162 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots690 notes
- Right-hand melody604 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
- Bass clef from F1 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, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 5ths, 6ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typeset by Neil Puttock for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits