Pieces / Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor · Op. 125 · finale
Ode to Joy
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824 · Allegro assai · 62 keys · EasyAbout the piece
Beethoven set Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” in the last movement of his Ninth Symphony, first played in Vienna in 1824, when he was almost completely deaf. Its tune is now the anthem of the European Union.
You play the whole theme, four phrases of steps and one small leap, in F major.
- Key
- D major
- Time
- 4/4
- Keys
- 62
- Licence
- Public domain
Ode to Joy letters
The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.
H - H - U - K - K - U - H - G - F - F - G - H - H - G G - H - H - U - K - K - U - H - G - F - F - G - H - G - F F - G - G - H - F - G - H U H - F - G - H U H - G - F - G - A - H - H - U - K - K - U - H - G - F - F - G - H - G - F F -