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Für Elise — opening melody

Play the unmistakable opening melody of Beethoven’s Bagatelle in A minor with your right hand.

Next stepsLudwig van Beethoven · Opening theme in A minor · piano one handPiano · One hand · A minor · 3/8

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

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Keep your 5th and 4th fingers relaxed on E5 and D♯5 so the opening oscillation sounds light and even.
  2. Count 1-2-3 in quavers through every bar, especially on the dotted crotchets at the end of phrases.
  3. Listen to the playback first, then practise the first four bars slowly before connecting the second half.

About this score

NotePlayMusic nine-bar teaching excerpt of the opening A minor theme, adapted as a continuous single-line right-hand melody without pickup rest.

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1810); source edition typeset by Mutopia Project. Public domain composition and source edition. Teaching arrangement by NotePlayMusic.

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