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Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Song Without Words

No. 3 from Lieder ohne Worte Op. 102

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
6/8
Length
65 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

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

The opening bars of Song Without Words
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written840 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand672 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots390 notes
  • Right-hand melody325 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from F1 to F4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), octaves, 6ths, 5ths, 4ths, 3rds (skips)
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
  • Hands playing together, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits