Old MacDonald Had a Farm
The tune passes between the hands: the left hand sings the verse, the right hand answers E-I-E-I-O
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.
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 written54 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots39 notes
- Right-hand melody33 notes
Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.
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 E4, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G3 to C4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips)
- Hands taking turns
Sections
The piece in 2 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.
What stands between you and this piece
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is a traditional tune. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one is free to use because its uploader released it into the public domain (CC0 1.0). Credits
Community source. A score shared on MuseScore that passed our computer checks; not yet checked bar by bar against a printed edition. How we check