Pieces / Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major · K. 331 · 3rd movement

Rondo alla Turca

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, c. 1783 · Allegretto · 38 keys · Medium

About the piece

Mozart ended his Piano Sonata in A major with this march “in the Turkish style”, imitating the Janissary bands that fascinated Vienna in the 1780s. The left hand thumps like a drum while the right hand runs.

You play the famous opening eight bars, the notes taken from the score and moved to C-sharp minor so they fit the 17 keys.

Key
A minor
Played in
C-sharp minor, eight semitones lower
Time
2/4
Keys
38
Licence
Public domain

Rondo alla Turca letters

The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.

E W A W D -
T D E D Y -
H Y G Y P O K O P O K O ; -
O - ; - P - O - J - O - P - O - J - O - P - O - J - U - Y -
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