Harlem Rag

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written3479 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand2434 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots1236 notes
• Right-hand melody980 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 C4 to F6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
• No key signature to keep in mind
• Accidentals: sharps outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
• Intervals: octaves, 4ths, 2nds (steps), 7ths, 5ths, 6ths
• Chords: inverted triads, triads
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms