Pieces / Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake · Op. 20 · No. 10, Scene

Swan Lake, Scene

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1876 · Moderato · 16 keys · Easy

About the piece

Tchaikovsky finished his first ballet in 1876, and it opened at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877. This theme, played by the oboe over trembling strings, is the swans’ theme: it comes back all through the ballet.

You play the theme once through, moved a tone lower, to A minor, to fit the 17 keys.

Key
B minor
Played in
A minor, a tone lower
Time
4/4
Keys
16
Licence
Public domain

Swan Lake, Scene letters

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

; - H J K L
; - K ; - K
; - H K H F K H -