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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16

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

In Album for the Young

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
G minor
Time
2/4
Length
33 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written188 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand183 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots127 notes
  • Right-hand melody95 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to F5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 10ths
  • Chords: triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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Score typeset by David McNamara for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893. Credits