Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915)
The Skaters' Waltz (Les Patineurs), Op. 183
The introduction and Waltz No. 1, as Waldteufel published them for piano (1882)
More waltzes: 18 in the library.
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 72: the slow end of the speeds waltzes and German dances are played at, since Andante over a dance asks for a slow 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 written1599 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1186 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots670 notes
- Right-hand melody542 notes
The easy version, the melody and a simpler left hand at level 3, engraved on its own page.
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 C7, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from E2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths, 6ths, 5ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads, seventh chords
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns
Sections
The piece in 10 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 1–8level 4 of 7
- Bars 9–16level 4 of 7
- Bars 17–24played twicelevel 3 of 7
- Bars 25–32played twicelevel 3 of 7
- Bars 35–42played twicelevel 3 of 7
- Bars 43–50played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 51–58played twicelevel 3 of 7
- Bars 59–66played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 68–75level 3 of 7
- Bars 76–83level 3 of 7
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie., Paris, about 1883, plate D. & F. 3076 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Émile Waldteufel died in 1915. Credits
Checked against the edition. Typed twice from the scan, each time without seeing the other, then compared bar by bar; the 5 bars where they differed were settled against the scan. How we check