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Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

A Curious Story, from Kinderszenen

From Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15 (1838)

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
3/4
Length
41 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 A Curious Story, from Kinderszenen
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 written605 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand453 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots190 notes
  • Right-hand melody149 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), 6ths, octaves, 7ths
  • Chords: inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, 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