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Famous classical piano pieces
The pieces everybody knows, free to read, hear and print.
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The pieces people mean when they say they wish they could play the piano: Für Elise, Clair de Lune, the Moonlight Sonata, Satie's first Gymnopédie, Chopin's nocturne in E flat. Every one here is the real piece, not a simplified version, with its story and a note on how to play it.
Some are gentle enough for a second year of lessons; some are a lifetime's project. Each piece's page says how long it is and where the difficulty lies, and the reader plays it back at any speed, so you can learn it one bar at a time.
Für Elise
A minor · 2 min
Clair de Lune
D♭ major · 5 min
Moonlight Sonata
C♯ minor · 6 min
Gymnopédie No. 1
D major · 4 min
Nocturne in E♭
E♭ major · 4 min
Prelude in C
C major · 2 min
Rondo alla Turca
A minor · 2 min
The Entertainer
C major · 3 min
Air on the G String
G major · 2 min
Canon in D
D major · 3 min
Prelude in E minor
E minor · 2 min
Waltz in A minor
A minor · 1 min
Minuet in G
G major · <1 min
Arabesque No. 1
E major · 4 min
Pathétique · Adagio
A♭ major · 5 min
Ave Maria
B♭ major · 2 min
Swan Lake (Theme)
B minor · 1 min
Ode to Joy
D major · <1 min
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
E minor · 2 min
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7: Träumerei
F major · 2 min
Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major
A♭ major · 4 min
La fille aux cheveux de lin
G♭ major · 2 min
Minute Waltz in D♭ Major Op. 64 No. 1
D♭ major · 1 min
Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 (Raindrop)
D♭ major · 5 min
Salut d'amour Edward Love's Greeting
E major · 3 min
Waltz of the Flowers
D major · 1 min
Carol of the Bells
D minor · 1 min