Funeral March — melody and tolling bass

Add Chopin’s famous tolling left-hand bass alternation under the 16-bar Funeral March melody.

Next stepsFryderyk Chopin · 16-bar march in A minor with bass · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · A minor · 4/4

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Try it at the keyboard

Start by playing the left-hand A2–E2 minims until they feel like a steady pendulum.
In bars 9–12, follow the bass as it steps down C3–G2–A2–E2 under the descending melody.
Use a deep, controlled touch rather than hitting the keys harshly.

About this score

Transposed from B-flat minor to A minor across 16 bars, pairing the melody with a simplified tolling bass.

Composed by Fryderyk Chopin (1839); source edition by Mutopia Project. Public domain composition and source edition. Teaching arrangement by NotePlayMusic.

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