Yankee Doodle
The American tune of the Revolutionary War, set in thirds and sixths over a drum-like bass
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 105: the middle speed of the 55 pieces in 2/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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 hand167 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots75 notes
- Right-hand melody58 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 A3 to D5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from A2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 5ths, 6ths, octaves, 4ths, 3rds played together in one hand, 2nds played together in one hand
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
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.
- Bars 2–9level 3 of 7
- Bars 10–17level 3 of 7
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
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
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