Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Song Without Words in A minor, Op. 53 No. 5
Folk Song
- Level
- 5 of 7
- Key signature
- A minor
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 84 bars
- Plays in
- 1 to 3 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 138: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Allegro. Its length counts from that.
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written1811 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1236 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots633 notes
- Right-hand melody551 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 A3 to A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E1 to G4, 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, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: octaves, 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 4ths, 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 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 Stelios Samelis for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits