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In the Hall of the Mountain King — melody and bass

Pair Grieg’s sneaky 16-bar troll theme with a pulsing, ominous bass line for a spooky two-hand performance.

DevelopingEdvard Grieg · 16-bar theme in A minor with bass pulse · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · A minor · 4/4

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Composed by Edvard Grieg (1875); source edition by Mutopia Project. Public domain composition and source edition. Teaching arrangement by NotePlayMusic. · www.noteplaymusic.com

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Keep the left-hand A and E minims crisp and steady like a drumbeat.
  2. Practise bars 2, 6 and 14 slowly so the right-hand D♯ and B♭ land cleanly on the left-hand beats.
  3. Start pianissimo (very quiet) and grow louder toward the final A minor cadence in bar 16.

About this score

Transposed from B minor to A minor across 16 bars with a simplified two-note-per-bar bass accompaniment.

Composed by Edvard Grieg (1875); source edition by Mutopia Project. Public domain composition and source edition. Teaching arrangement by NotePlayMusic.

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