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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

June: Barcarolle, Op. 37a No. 6

From The Seasons

In Famous classical pieces

Level
4 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
96 bars
Plays in
3 to 6 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 92: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andante. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The opening bars of June: Barcarolle, Op. 37a No. 6
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

  • As written1512 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1035 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots562 notes
  • Right-hand melody466 notes

Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.

The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand at level 3, engraved on its own page.

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C7, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, octaves, 4ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths
  • Chords: triads, inverted triads, seventh chords
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

What stands between you and this piece

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

Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1909 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893. Credits

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