Der Mond ist aufgegangen (The Moon Has Risen)

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz · Level 2 (Beginner) · traditional · Piano

A German evening song: poem by Matthias Claudius (1779) set by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1790), one of the best-loved German songs. An easy arrangement in F major: the right hand plays the tune, the left hand alternates a bass note and a two-note chord (“oom-pah”).

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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.
• Learn the tune alone by singing it, then the left hand alone: spot the chord changes before putting hands together in Wait mode, then at a reduced tempo.

More pieces by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

• Ihr Kinderlein, kommet (O Come, Little Children)

Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après la mélodie de J. A. P. Schulz (1790) · Public Domain