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Erik Satie (1866–1925)

Gnossienne No. 1

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
4/4
Length
54 bars
Plays in
about 3 min

Practise it

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

The opening bars of Gnossienne No. 1
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written377 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots167 notes
  • Right-hand melody114 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A4 to D6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 3rds played together in one hand
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Erik Satie died in 1925. Credits