Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
The Witch (Baba Yaga), Op. 39 No. 20
From Album for the Young, Op. 39 (1878)
No. 20 of 24 in Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young, Op. 39
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 111: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Vivace, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. 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 written457 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand388 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots216 notes
- Right-hand melody170 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 G3 to G6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 5ths, 7ths
- Chords: triads, inverted triads
- Hands playing together, hands taking turns, 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