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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

March of the Wooden Soldiers, Op. 39 No. 5

From Album for the Young, Op. 39 (1878)

In Album for the Young

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
2/4
Length
48 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

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The opening bars of March of the Wooden Soldiers, Op. 39 No. 5
The opening bars

Versions

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  • As written319 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand273 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots174 notes
  • Right-hand melody126 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to G5, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, octaves, 3rds played together in one hand
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893. Credits