Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Spinning Song, Op. 67 No. 4
Song Without Words in C, from the sixth book (1845)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 123: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Presto, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
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 written1796 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1421 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots837 notes
- Right-hand melody742 notes
Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.
The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand at level 4, 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 A3 to C7, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: seventh chords, triads, inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position
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 the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits