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Fritz Spindler (1817–1905)

Song Without Words

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
3/8
Length
49 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Song Without Words
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written166 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots106 notes
  • Right-hand melody69 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G4 to A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G3 to F4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths
  • One hand moving while the other holds, hands playing together, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Fritz Spindler died in 1905. Credits