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Für Elise — melody and bass

Bring both hands together on Beethoven’s famous A minor theme and C major bridge, with left-hand arpeggiated harmony under the right-hand melody.

DevelopingLudwig van Beethoven · 17-bar opening-theme adaptation with bass · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · A minor · 3/8

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

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Master the right-hand melody on its own before adding the left-hand broken chords.
  2. Play the left-hand bass notes gently so the right-hand melody stays in the foreground.
  3. Notice how bars 9–12 brighten to C major and G major in the left hand before returning to A minor.

About this score

NotePlayMusic 17-bar teaching arrangement combining the complete opening A–B–A section with simplified left-hand broken-chord bass figures.

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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