Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
An Important Event, from Kinderszenen
From Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15 (1838)
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key signature
- 3 sharps
- Time
- 3/4
- Length
- 25 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
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Versions
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- As written440 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand275 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots101 notes
- Right-hand melody76 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C1 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: octaves, 5ths, 6ths, 4ths
- Chords: inverted triads, seventh chords, triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
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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