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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Level
5 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
2/4
Length
52 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

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The opening bars of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written983 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand608 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots312 notes
  • Right-hand melody260 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C7, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from B1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 5ths, octaves, 4ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, seventh chords, triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds

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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893. Credits