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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Papageno and Papagena's Duet, from The Magic Flute

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-gena!, the bird-catcher and his bride at last, arranged for piano by Armando Tinajero

In Opera

In Easy pieces that sound hard

Level
3 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
129 bars
Plays in
1 to 3 min

Practise it

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.

The opening bars of Papageno and Papagena's Duet, from The Magic Flute
The opening bars

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 written1623 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1315 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots716 notes
  • Right-hand melody589 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 G6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: octaves, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 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

Sections

The piece in 17 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.

  1. Bars 1–8level 2 of 7
  2. Bars 9–16level 2 of 7
  3. Bars 17–24level 2 of 7
  4. Bars 25–32level 3 of 7
  5. Bars 33–40level 4 of 7
  6. Bars 41–48level 4 of 7
  7. Bars 49–56level 3 of 7
  8. Bars 57–64level 3 of 7
  9. Bars 65–72level 3 of 7
  10. Bars 73–80level 2 of 7
  11. Bars 81–87level 3 of 7
  12. Bars 88–94level 3 of 7
  13. Bars 95–101level 3 of 7
  14. Bars 102–108level 3 of 7
  15. Bars 109–115level 3 of 7
  16. Bars 116–122level 3 of 7
  17. Bars 123–129level 3 of 7

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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791, and so is Armando Tinajero’s arrangement. Credits

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