Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Venetian Boat Song, Op. 19 No. 6
Song Without Words in G minor, the first of three Venetian boat songs
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 61: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante, 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 written590 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand453 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots192 notes
- Right-hand melody146 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 A3 to D6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from F1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 5ths, octaves, 4ths, 6ths, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips)
- Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds
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