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Funeral March — right-hand melody

Play the solemn, unmistakable opening theme of Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 funeral march in A minor.

First notesFryderyk Chopin · Opening eight-bar march in A minor · piano one handPiano · One hand · A minor · 4/4

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Try it at the keyboard

  1. Don’t rush the repeated A4 notes — let each one sound like a heavy bell.
  2. In bars 2, 3 and 6, count the dotted crotchet and quaver carefully (1-and-2-and).
  3. Keep your hand steady over A4, B4 and C5.

About this score

Transposed from B-flat minor (five flats) to A minor so beginners can read the iconic march rhythm without a complex key signature.

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

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