Londonderry Air
The Irish air first printed in 1855, later sung as Danny Boy
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 written223 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand174 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots108 notes
- Right-hand melody92 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 B3 to G5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E2 to C4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, octaves
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 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 rests on its uploader marking it public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Credits