Allcanplay Piano! 
                                                             
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                                                          Author: Ludwig van Beethoven                                                                                                                                                                                            Für Elise                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Time: 3/8 (1+ =  ♪ ) 
                                                          Year: 1810                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Sections: 9 
                                                          Tempo: Brisk                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor 
                                                             
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                                                                                                                                                                                   4                                                                                                                                        o                                                                                                                                                                                         Click to rainbowize your keyboard! 
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                                                                                                                                                                                 Play l r twice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Allcanplay Notation 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Match fingers to keys & play! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2 +                                                                                                                               Little                                                                                                       Arpeggio 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Middle 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3 +                                                                                                                          Pointer                                                                                               Play key by key 
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                                                                                                    Hold t while playing L then P then T                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thumb                                                                                              in arrow direction 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Pivot                                                                              Pinch                                                                         Anchor 
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                                                               Pivot on T; crossover with P                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        M      T                              t      l 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       on finger &                                                            to replace fingers                                                                            Stay on key 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         crossover                                                                 without looking                                                                   until it changes 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       + 3 +                                                                                Legend has it that Beethoven wrote this song for 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (für) his love interest Elise. True or not, it 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Am                                                                                                                     memorably begins on an E key! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               This sheet depicts the most popular and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              +                                                                                    recognizable part of this 100+ measure song.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          But instead of equal-beat measures, it is grouped 
                                                                                                 Replay Sections 1 & 2 then Skip to Section 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         into more easily repeatable Sections. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                t      p                                                                                                                                                     4                                                             Beethoven cleverly wrote this portion of the song 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              +                                                                                  using Oblique Motion, a gift for novice players, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               where the right hand plays then holds while the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          left hand plays, which is much easier than playing 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             with both hands at the same time. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Listeners generally can’t tell the difference and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Am                                                                                    assume the song is harder to play than it really 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             5                                                                                                          is—making you sound great! 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCr_Elise 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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                                                                                                                 Play the t l r m pattern                                                                                                                                                                     +                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      + 
                                                                                                                     3 times, moving down                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Keep t on its key                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           one key each time                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Play T P L slowly & deliberately                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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