Public-domain song
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- Key signature
- 1 sharp: F♯
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Origin
- From the Serenade No. 13, published 1827: its opening, up to the long G that rounds it off; Part 1 is the first four bars.
Public domain: by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died in 1791; first published in 1827.
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
- 4 bars, 18 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 108
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Range
- D4 to D5
- Note values
- quarter notes, eighth notes
Part 2: the complete song
The whole tune: its melody once through to its end, without the repeats a performance would add.
- Length
- 18 bars, 91 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 120
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Range
- D4 to E5
- Note values
- whole notes, half notes, dotted quarter notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth 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.