Song without Words Op. 19 No. 5 “Restlessness”

Felix Mendelssohn · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Piano

A piece by Mendelssohn, master of the accompanied piano melody. F♯ minor, 6/4, 88 bars (about 9 minutes), complete score.

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Melody and accompaniment in the same hand: the top voice sings, the rest murmurs. The piece starts with a pickup: count the incomplete bar before coming in. One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together.

More pieces by Felix Mendelssohn

• Venetian Gondola Song Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs without Words)
• Song without Words Op. 102 No. 3 in C major
• Scherzo in E minor (Op. 16, No. 2)
• Song without Words Op. 19 No. 6 “Venetian Gondola Song”
• Song without Words Op. 85 No. 1
• Song without Words Op. 53 No. 5 “Folk Song”
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain