Morning Mood (Peer Gynt), theme

Edvard Grieg · Level 2 (Beginner) · Romantic · Piano

The pentatonic flute theme of “Morning Mood” (1875), arranged in C over a left-hand drone.

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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.
• Play it like a sunrise: very soft at first, then grow when it moves up to F.

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• The Mountaineer’s Song Op. 73 No. 7
• Arietta (Lyric Pieces Op. 12 No. 1)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt), theme
• Folk Melody (Lyric Pieces Op. 12 No. 5)