Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words) sheet music

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), Level 6 · Intermediate, 2:18

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Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words), keyboard staff, page 1 of 4Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words)Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847). Regular keyboard staff. Print at 100%, not fit-to-page.CCDDEFFGGAABBold red line: C4 · Solid line: other Cs, D F G A · Dotted grey line: E | F and B | CC2C3681DFGB♭GDGB♭GDGB♭GDGCAGE♭GGB♭GDFFCAFC2C34FE♭DDB♭B♭DB♭FCCCGE♭DB♭GDDB♭GDDCADDAF♯DC2C3C57B♭DACGB♭F♯AACDB♭CAB♭GDGB♭GDGB♭GDGCADGCADGB♭GDGB♭GDC2C3C510CE♭CE♭CE♭DFE♭GCE♭DDB♭DACGB♭F♯AACGGE♭GCGE♭GB♭GDGB♭GDGCADGCADSource: "Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words)", typeset by Ryan Prince, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1679. Licensed under CC BY 3.0,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words) · Page 1 of 4
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Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words), keyboard staff, page 3 of 4C2C3C525DF♯ADDDDDDDDGB♭F♯E♭DGB♭B♭DGDDGB♭F♯CE♭DGB♭B♭DGDGGGGC2C3C528DDGCDGB♭AE♭GE♭GADDF♯DF♯ACDADGB♭DDGB♭F♯CE♭DGB♭B♭DGB♭B♭CCDDGGGGC2C3C531DDGB♭F♯CE♭DGBBDFGCE♭GE♭DE♭CB♭GCE♭AGACDF♯GGCCGE♭DE♭CDDC2C3C534B♭DGB♭DACGB♭F♯AE♭CDB♭DDDDDB♭GB♭GDGB♭GDGCADGCADGB♭GDGB♭GDSource: "Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words)", typeset by Ryan Prince, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1679. Licensed under CC BY 3.0,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words) · Page 3 of 4
Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words), keyboard staff, page 4 of 4C2C3C537CAB♭GAF♯F♯ADGDDDDDB♭GDDDDGGDGDCDGB♭GDGB♭GDGB♭GDGB♭GDC2C340FFE♭DDGB♭GDFFCAFB♭B♭DB♭FCCCGE♭DB♭GDDB♭GDC2C343DDDDCADDAF♯DGB♭GDGB♭GDC2C346DGSource: "Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words)", typeset by Ryan Prince, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1679. Licensed under CC BY 3.0,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words) · Page 4 of 4
Engraved portrait of Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn. Thomas Howell Jones, after Theodor Hildebrandt, 1842–1870, British Museum. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

Key facts

Level
Level 6 · Intermediate. Estimated from the notes (2 of 8 on our difficulty score)
Time signature
6/8
Key signature
2 flats
Length
46 bars, 4 pages
Playing time
2:18
Notes
589
Range
F1 to D6

Source and licence

Licence of the source: CC BY 3.0.

Source: "Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6 (Songs Without Words)", typeset by Ryan Prince, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1679. Licensed under CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-77.

Playback sounds: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0); Upright Piano KW by Gonzalo and Roberto of FreePats (CC0 1.0); Fluid R3 GM by Frank Wen and contributors (CC BY 3.0). Full sound credits.