Ode to Joy (Both Hands)
The same melody with left-hand chords underneath: your first real piece.
- Level:
- 5 of 6
- Hands:
- Both hands
- Key:
- C major
- Notes:
- 27
- Range:
- G2 to G4
- One run:
- about 13 seconds at 80 bpm
The notes, in order
15 moments, 27 notes in total, some struck together.
- C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
- E4
- F4
- G4
- G2 + B2 + D3 + G4
- F4
- E4
- D4
- C3 + E3 + G3 + C4
- C4
- D4
- E4
- G2 + B2 + D3 + E4
- D4
- D4
How to practise it
- The left hand changes chord once per bar and then holds
- The melody must stay clearly louder than the chords
- Learn the melody alone first, it is already in the library
The scale behind it
This one is built on the C Major scale: C D E F G A B (no sharps or flats). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5, and the scale page has the full diagram if you want to hear the shape on its own first.
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 27 notes.
What it trains
- classical
- hands together
- chords
- accompaniment
More melodies
Real tunes, so there is something to play once the drills have paid off.
- Greensleeves (level 5)
- Fur Elise (Opening) (level 5)
- Morning (Peer Gynt) by Grieg (level 5)
- Amazing Grace (level 4)
- Canon in D (Simplified, in C) (level 6)
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat (level 3)