Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Poor Orphan Child, Op. 68 No. 6
From Album for the Young, Op. 68 (1848)
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key signature
- A minor
- Time
- 2/4
- Length
- 33 bars
- Plays in
- about 2 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written373 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand296 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots160 notes
- Right-hand melody128 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from E4 to G5
- Bass clef from E3 to G4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 6ths, octaves, 7ths, 4ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds
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Score typeset by Philippe Hézaine for the Mutopia Project (CC BY-SA 2.5), adapted for Clefsight; our version and its easier versions are shared under the same licence; the composition is public domain: Robert Schumann died in 1856. Credits