French composer Erik Satie's classic "Gymnopédie".
This piece consists of three songs, but the first one is the most famous. Even in Japan, you can hear it in many scenes such as cosmetics TV commercials and healing music. It is also known as a standard piece of classical music to be played on the piano, and is used in many textbooks.
By the way, the title ``Gymnopedia'' is said to come from ``Gymnopedia,'' the name of an ancient Greek dance in which young men danced naked and unarmed. However, as you can see from the melody, it feels like the dance was actually imagined by a woman rather than a man.
Gymnopedie No. 1 has a very slow tempo, so the difficulty level is quite gentle, and it is often used in piano classes as an exercise piece for beginner piano players or as a rest piece.
This time, we will introduce some free piano scores for Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1", categorized by difficulty level.
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Gymnopedie No. 1 free sheet music
Now, I would like to introduce two free sheet music for "Gymnopedie No. 1".
Look or listen to each score carefully and choose the one you like. Of course you can download and print it. Click on the sheet music image to go to the link where you can download or print.
If you don't like the free sheet music introduced this time, or if you want a sheet music with an arrangement for beginners, you can use the professionally made ``Gymnopedie No. Let's buy the piano sheet music for "No." and try playing it.
– Gymnopedie No. 1-Free sheet music ① (Beginner)
The first piece I will introduce is the sheet music transposed to C major.
However, in the end, there are quite a few opportunities to use the black keys, so it might just be a matter of personal preference.
– Gymnopedie No. 1 - Free sheet music ② (Beginner)
Next is the sheet music as per the original song.
Even in the original music score, there are various ways of writing the accompaniment chords depending on whether they are played with the right hand or the left hand. This score uses the left hand for everything except the intro, but there's no saying which is better, so you can also try playing some of the chords with your right hand.
-Gymnopedie No. 1- Introductory sheet music
Lastly, there is a sheet music created by a professional from ``Printo Gakufu'' operated by YAMAHA.
There is a fee, so if you are not satisfied with the free sheet music above, please purchase it here.
Since you can purchase individual songs, it's a better deal than buying a sheet music collection at a bookstore.
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