Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Hunting Song, Op. 19 No. 3
Song Without Words in A, from the first book (1832)
No. 3 of 48 in Mendelssohn's Songs without Words
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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 written2399 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1759 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots859 notes
- Right-hand melody735 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 3, engraved on its own page.
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 C7, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E1 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, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: octaves, 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 3rds (skips), 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
Sections
The piece in 13 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
- Bars 1–4level 3 of 7
- Bars 5–14played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 15–22played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 23–29played twicelevel 5 of 7
- Bars 30–39level 4 of 7
- Bars 40–47level 5 of 7
- Bars 48–55level 4 of 7
- Bars 56–63level 4 of 7
- Bars 64–71level 4 of 7
- Bars 72–79level 4 of 7
- Bars 80–87level 4 of 7
- Bars 88–95level 4 of 7
- Bars 96–102level 3 of 7
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits
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