Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
The Barber of Seville: the overture's Allegro
The quick theme of the overture to Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816), arranged for piano by Igor Santander Angelini
In Opera
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 110: the middle speed of the 99 pieces in 4/4 in the library whose files set one. 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 written320 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand319 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots155 notes
- Right-hand melody128 notes
The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 2, 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 B3 to C6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B2 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
- Hands playing together, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position
Sections
The piece in 4 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 1–7level 2 of 7
- Bars 8–14level 3 of 7
- Bars 15–21level 3 of 7
- Bars 22–27level 3 of 7
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Gioachino Rossini died in 1868, and so is Igor Santander Angelini’s arrangement. Credits
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