Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
The Peasant Plays the Accordion, Op. 39 No. 12
From Album for the Young, Op. 39 (1878)
No. 12 of 24 in Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young, Op. 39
- Level
- 3 of 7
- Key signature
- 2 flats
- Time
- 2/4
- Length
- 23 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
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 written412 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand215 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots96 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 C4 to E5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from F3 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, 3rds played together in one hand
- Chords: seventh chords, triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position
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