Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Russian Song, Op. 39 No. 11
From Album for the Young, Op. 39 (1878)
No. 11 of 24 in Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young, Op. 39
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 105: the middle speed of the 45 pieces in 2/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written217 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand175 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots103 notes
- Right-hand melody73 notes
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 A3 to C5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 7ths
- Chords: triads, inverted triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
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, 1904, ed. Adolf Ruthardt, plate 17224 (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