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Erik Satie (1866–1925)

March of the Grand Staircase, from Enfantillages pittoresques

Level
2 of 5
Key signature
A minor
Time
2/4
Length
80 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of March of the Grand Staircase, from Enfantillages pittoresques
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written506 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand468 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots300 notes
  • Right-hand melody220 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from E4 to B4
  • Bass clef from G3 to D4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 3rds played together in one hand, 2nds played together in one hand
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns

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Score typeset by Frédéric Duperray for the Mutopia Project (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted for Clefsight; our version and its easier versions are shared under the same licence; the composition is public domain: Erik Satie died in 1925. Credits