Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Song Without Words in E, Op. 30 No. 3
Consolation
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 71: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Adagio. 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 written443 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand303 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots184 notes
- Right-hand melody157 notes
The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand 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 B6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: octaves, 4ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 2nds (steps), 5ths
- 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 typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1915, ed. Constantin von Sternberg, plate 25496 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits