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Erik Satie (1866–1925)

Gnossienne No. 3

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

Practise it

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

The opening bars of Gnossienne No. 3
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written593 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand485 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots269 notes
  • Right-hand melody215 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from E4 to A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from F1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 7ths, 5ths, 4ths, 6ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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