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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)

Fantasia No. 8 of the second dozen, TWV 33:20

Vite, from Telemann's Fantaisies pour le clavessin: 3 douzaines (1732–33)

Level
3 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
60 bars
Plays in
1 to 3 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 109: the middle speed of the 100 pieces in 4/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The opening bars of Fantasia No. 8 of the second dozen, TWV 33:20
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

  • As written477 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots344 notes
  • Right-hand melody284 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 D4 to A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), octaves, 6ths, 5ths, 4ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns

Sections

The piece in 8 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.

  1. Bars 1–8level 3 of 7
  2. Bars 9–16level 3 of 7
  3. Bars 17–24level 3 of 7
  4. Bars 25–32level 3 of 7
  5. Bars 33–40level 3 of 7
  6. Bars 41–48level 3 of 7
  7. Bars 49–56level 3 of 7
  8. Bars 57–60level 3 of 7

What stands between you and this piece

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Score from a copy shared on MuseScore (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Georg Philipp Telemann died in 1767. Credits

Community source. A copy shared on MuseScore that passed our checks: every bar complete, every chord within reach of a hand, repeats that can be followed, and the key its title names. It hasn't been compared bar by bar with a printed edition yet. How we check Heard a wrong note? Tell us

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