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Funeral March — melody and tolling bass

Add Chopin’s famous tolling left-hand bass alternation under the solemn Funeral March melody.

Next stepsFryderyk Chopin · Opening march in A minor with bass · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · A minor · 4/4

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Try it at the keyboard

  1. Start by playing the left-hand A2–E2 minims until they feel like a steady pendulum.
  2. Bring the right-hand melody in on top, keeping the dotted quaver/crotchet turns aligned with beat 3.
  3. Use a deep, controlled touch rather than hitting the keys harshly.

About this score

Transposed from B-flat minor to A minor, pairing the melody with a simplified A/E tolling bass.

Composed by Fryderyk Chopin (1839); source edition by Mutopia Project. Public domain composition and source edition. Teaching arrangement by NotePlayMusic.

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