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Funeral March — right-hand melody

Play the solemn opening theme and rising C-major answer of Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 funeral march in A minor.

First notesFryderyk Chopin · 16-bar march in A minor · piano one handPiano · One hand · A minor · 4/4

64 beats per minute. Changing speed stops playback; press Play to start again.

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

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Don’t rush the repeated A4 notes — let each one sound like a heavy bell.
  2. In bars 9–12, begin on C5 and let the answering phrase descend back toward A4.
  3. Count the dotted crotchet and quaver carefully (1-and-2-and) throughout.

About this score

Transposed from B-flat minor (five flats) to A minor across 16 bars so beginners can read the iconic march rhythm without a complex key signature.

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

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