Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Pleading Child, from Kinderszenen
From Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15 (1838)
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key signature
- 2 sharps
- Time
- 2/4
- Length
- 17 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
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Versions
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- As written222 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand121 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots74 notes
- Right-hand melody57 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from A3 to G5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 4ths, 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 6ths, 5ths, 7ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
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Score typeset by Ying-Chun Liu for the Mutopia Project (CC BY 3.0), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Robert Schumann died in 1856. Credits