Greensleeves (Both Hands)
The full verse in A minor with blocked chords underneath, in a lilting six-eight.
- Level:
- 5 of 6
- Hands:
- Both hands
- Key:
- A minor
- Notes:
- 82
- Range:
- E2 to F5
- One run:
- about 35 seconds at 80 bpm
The notes, in order
37 moments, 82 notes in total, some struck together.
- A4
- A2 + C3 + E3 + C5
- D5
- A2 + C3 + E3 + E5
- F5
- E5
- G2 + B2 + D3 + D5
- B4
- G2 + B2 + D3 + G4
- A4
- B4
- A2 + C3 + E3 + C5
- A4
- E2 + G#2 + B2 + A4
- G#4
- A4
- E2 + G#2 + B2 + B4
- G#4
- A2 + C3 + E3 + E4
- A4
- A2 + C3 + E3 + C5
- D5
- A2 + C3 + E3 + E5
- F5
- E5
- G2 + B2 + D3 + D5
- B4
- G2 + B2 + D3 + G4
- A4
- B4
- A2 + C3 + E3 + C5
- B4
- A4
- E2 + G#2 + B2 + G#4
- F#4
- G#4
- A2 + C3 + E3 + A4
How to practise it
- Left hand: A minor, G major and E major, one chord to a bar. The E major chord is the one with G sharp
- Two big beats to a bar, each split in three. The long-short pairs in the tune fall inside one beat
- Let the G sharps in the melody lean into the A that follows: they are the colour of the whole piece
How to play it here
Play along on the keys with your mouse, your computer keyboard, a touch screen, or a MIDI keyboard you have plugged in. Every key can show its own name, and the metronome will hold the tempo while you work through the 82 notes.
What it trains
- adult beginner
- folk
- minor
- black keys
- chords
- hands together
- accompaniment
- legato
More adult beginner course
Piano for adult beginners, in the order the method books teach it: black keys and finger numbers, Middle C, pentascales, primary chords, then real pieces with both hands.
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- Surprise Symphony Theme (Haydn) (level 4)
- Amazing Grace (Both Hands) (level 4)