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Short melody excerpts for singing, playing, and rhythm practice. These are adapted excerpts, not full piano arrangements.

Ode to Joy · Ludwig van Beethoven

Opening eight bars of the melody, transposed to C major for an easier range. Suggested practice tempo: 88 quarter-note beats per minute.

Download MusicXML · Public-domain source: Mutopia, Peter Chubb

Minuet in G · Christian Petzold

Opening eight bars of BWV Anh. 114, right-hand melody. Grace notes and ornaments are omitted. Suggested practice tempo: 88 BPM. This piece was formerly attributed to J. S. Bach; the source catalog retains that older attribution.

Download MusicXML · Public-domain source: Mutopia, Allen Garvin

Für Elise · Ludwig van Beethoven

Opening right-hand excerpt of WoO 59: eight bars plus pickup, with accompaniment omitted and a closing rest added. Suggested practice tempo: 60 quarter-note BPM, slower than the source's 72 BPM.

Download MusicXML · Public-domain source: Mutopia, Stelios Samelis

Each source engraving is marked public domain by its contributor. Excerpts were transcribed into MusicXML for Score Quest. First Light remains an original warm-up.