Frightening (Fürchtenmachen), from Kinderszenen

Versions

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

• As written753 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand468 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots249 notes
• Right-hand melody195 notes

The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand at level 3, engraved on its own page.

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 G5, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
• Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 3rds (skips), 9ths
• Chords: inverted triads, triads
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms