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Erik Satie (1866–1925)

Berceuse, from Enfantillages pittoresques

Level
2 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
4/4
Length
32 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Berceuse, from Enfantillages pittoresques
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written255 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand218 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots122 notes
  • Right-hand melody90 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from F4 to A5, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 3rds played together in one hand
  • Hands playing together, 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 from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Erik Satie died in 1925. Credits