Ave Maria

Versions

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

• As written601 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand503 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots258 notes
• Right-hand melody193 notes

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 G3 to A5, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from B1 to C4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
• Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
• Intervals: 3rds (skips), 4ths, 2nds (steps), octaves, 5ths, 7ths
• Chords: inverted triads
• One hand moving while the other holds, hands playing together, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position