Kuckuck, Kuckuck (Cuckoo, Cuckoo)

Traditionnel (Autriche) · Level 1 (Novice) · traditional · Piano

A German children’s song: the cuckoo calls from the wood, spring is coming. Words by Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1835) to an Austrian folk tune; the falling third imitates the bird’s call. An easy arrangement in C major: the right hand plays the tune, the left hand only plays the bass of each chord, one held note at a time.

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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.
• Start with the right hand alone in Wait mode: the tune lies almost entirely under the five fingers, with no shifting. Then add the left hand, which only changes note with the chord.

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Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après l’air populaire autrichien · Public Domain