Public-domain song
The Blue Danube
- Key signature
- 2 sharps: F♯, C♯
- Time signature
- 3/4
- Origin
- The main waltz theme of "The Blue Danube", 1867.
Public domain: by Johann Strauss II, who died in 1899; first published in 1867.
Written out here note by note as a melody only: no lyrics and no accompaniment.
The two parts
Part 1
The phrase people know, short enough to learn in a sitting.
- Length
- 13 bars, 27 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 132
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Range
- C♯4 to B5
- Note values
- dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes
Part 2: the complete song
The whole tune: its melody once through to its end, without the repeats a performance would add.
- Length
- 33 bars, 71 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 150
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Range
- C♯4 to B5
- Note values
- dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Earn a star on the first part to open the complete song.
Lessons that use this song
Each of these lessons opens the first part.