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Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Folk Song, Op. 68 No. 9

From Album for the Young, Op. 68 (1848)

In Album for the Young

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
D minor
Time
4/4
Length
24 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Folk Song, Op. 68 No. 9
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written322 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand249 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots143 notes
  • Right-hand melody119 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to D6, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, flats outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets
  • Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 7ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns

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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