Melody, Op. 68 No. 1 (Album for the Young)

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Beginner · Graded: Henle level 2 (published example: Schumann Album for the Young nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5)

Melody, Op. 68 No. 1 (Album for the Young) by Robert Schumann (1810–1856) for solo piano, in keyboard staff notation. Beginner level, 24 bars, about 1:36 long.

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Key facts

Time signature: 4/4
Key signature: No sharps or flats
Length: 24 bars, 3 pages
Playing time: 1:36
Notes: 303
Range: G3 to A5

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This keyboard staff edition and its PDF are shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5, the same licence as the source.

"Melody, Op. 68 No. 1 (Album for the Young)" by Robert Schumann. Typeset by Philippe Hézaine for The Mutopia Project (https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=647). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/).

Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition Peters.

What changed in this conversion

Some held notes in bars 12, 20 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed.