Symphony No. 5 (opening motif)
by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Key
- C minor
- Tempo
- ♩ = 108
- Time
- 2/4
- Bars
- 4
- Level
- Beginner · Difficulty 2 of 10
- Genre
- Classical
- Origin
- Germany
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
About this piece
Four notes that open Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: three short notes and a long one, then the same pattern a step lower. Here the motif is written for one piano in two bars of 2/4.
Why it is free to use
Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, more than 70 years ago, and the piece dates from about 1808. This encoding is our own; no published edition was copied.
About this score
This score of Symphony No. 5 (opening motif) is a short excerpt (the opening, or the first verse of the song), not the whole piece. It was written by SampLab Pro from the public-domain music. It is not copied from any printed edition, MIDI file or recording. We place our score in the public domain (CC0 1.0): anyone may copy, change, share and use it, including commercially, without asking. The left hand was written note by note.