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Frere Jacques - left-hand melody

Read the eight-bar tune in bass clef and play its repeated phrases with your left hand.

Next stepsTraditional French round · Single melody in C major - piano left handPiano · Left hand · C major · 4/4

72 beats per minute. Changing speed stops playback; press Play to start again.

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Start on C3, one octave below middle C.
  2. Keep a steady beat as the repeated phrases move to quicker notes.
  3. Locate G2 before the final phrase; avoid stretching your hand to reach it.

About this score

Our teaching melody is placed one octave below the right-hand version and written in bass clef. Phrases repeat explicitly; this is a single melody, not a round. No lyrics or modern accompaniment are reproduced.

Traditional French melody; reference notation by Wikimedia contributor Mysid. Mysid's reference notation is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.

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