Ave Maria: piano notes with letters

The sheet music as written, with each note's letter under it

Every note below has its letter under it, sharps and flats as the score spells them, so you can find each key. Use the letters to get started, then leave them behind: a letter names the key, but the note on the staff also tells you how long to hold it, which hand plays it and where the tune goes next, at a glance. Play it with the letters once or twice, then drill its 29 notes on the staff and print the page without them.

Level: 4 of 7
Key: B♭ major
Time: 6/8
Length: 65 bars
Notes to know: 29

Drill its 29 notes Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

Right hand plays: C C♯ D♭ D E♭ E F G♭ G A♭ A B♭ B
Left hand plays: C C♯ D♭ D E♭ E F F♯ G A B♭ B

The first 16 bars of Ave Maria on the grand staff, with each note's letter name under it — The first 16 bars as written, each note's letter under it. The whole piece prints below.

Print the whole piece

With the letters65 bars
Without the letters65 bars

When you can name its notes without looking down, read it from Ave Maria's page: the same music with no letters, its easier versions, and what stands between you and it. How letter names work, and the other ways of naming notes: piano note names.

Score from a copy shared on MuseScore (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Franz Schubert died in 1828, and so is Robert W. Hudson’s arrangement. Credits

Community source. A copy shared on MuseScore that passed our checks: every bar complete, every chord within reach of a hand, repeats that can be followed, and the key its title names. It hasn't been compared bar by bar with a printed edition yet. How we check Heard a wrong note? Tell us