El Capitan March sheet music

John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), Level 10 · Advanced, 1:38

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  • Some held notes in bars 17–19, 66, 72, 74, 80, 103, 119, 121 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed.
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 1 of 10El Capitan MarchJohn Philip Sousa (1854–1932). 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 | CC2C3C5681EEDDCCE♭E♭CCGGF♯F♯GGFFEEDDCCBBCCEEDDCCE♭E♭CCGGF♯F♯GGFFEEDDCCBBCCC2C3C54DDGBDGGEGCDECEEDDGDBGCGEGGECGEGGEC2C3C57CEGCEDCBFBFBFFFBDECGEGGEDGFGGFDGFGGFSource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 1 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 2 of 10C2C3C510FDFFBDGFDCBCEEEEDGFGGFDGFGGFCGEGGEC2C3C513CEACBACEACAECAECAECAEBG♯EEBG♯EECAECAAECAECAECAC3C516BACEAEDCEBG♯EEBG♯EECAECAAECAEBG♯EDAAECC2C3C519BGAF♯GGGAABBDDBEDCDBGDBGDBGFFCADBGFSource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 2 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 3 of 10C2C3C5C622CCEEGGGGEEDCCCGEACAEEECGECGECGECGECGECGECGC2C3C525BGBGBFFEDECECDBGFGBGFDBGFGBGFCCGEGCGEC2C3C5C628EGGAABBCCEECCGEGCGEFFCADBGFCCGEACAEC2C3C5C631AAAACCDE♭ECECFFDAFDAFDAFFDAE♭CAF♯ECGECGECGECGSource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 3 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 4 of 10C3C534CDBDGCGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGDCGDCGFBGFBGECC♯C♯EEDDDBGC2C3C5C637AABBCCEEGGFFCADBGFCCGEACAEEECGECGECGC2C3C5C640GGEEDCBGBGBFFEDECGECGECGECGDBGFGBGFDBGFGBGFC2C3C543ECECEGGAABBCCGEGCGECCGEGCGEFFCADBGFSource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 4 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 5 of 10C2C3C5C646CCEEAAAACCDE♭CCGEACAEFFDAFDAFDAFFDAE♭CAF♯C2C3C549ECECCDBDGCGGGGFGBECGECGECGECGDCGDCGFBGFBGECGDBGC2C3C55224EGCEGCCFAEAEADADAEADAC♯ACAA♭AAFAGECCCFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAC3C5C656AFAAEB♭AB♭B♭GB♭B♭GB♭GB♭ACBCCACFCACCAGECB♭CECB♭GECB♭CECB♭FFCACCASource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 5 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 6 of 10C3C5C660CACB♭GB♭AFAEAEADADAEADAC♯ACAA♭AAFAFCACB♭CFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAC2C3C5C664AFAFAECBCCFBABFBECBCBFCACCAGCGEGCGEGBGFGBGFCGECBCBC2C3C5C668CCEB♭CFAEAEADADAEADAC♯ACAA♭AAFACCCFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAC3C5C672AFAFFFFAEB♭AB♭B♭GB♭B♭GB♭GGGGB♭ACBCCACFCACCAGECB♭CECB♭GECB♭CECB♭FFCACCASource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 6 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 7 of 10C3C5C676CACB♭GB♭AFAEAEADADAEADAC♯ACAA♭AAFAFCACB♭CFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAC2C3C580AFAFFFFAA♭BB♭BA♭BA♭BEEEAC♯EFCACCAEDA♭EDA♭EDA♭EDA♭AC♯AEC♯AEC♯AEC2C3C584ADFAFAFAFAEAEAEAEAADFAFAFAFAAAAFDAAFDAAFDAAEC♯AAEC♯AAEC♯AAEC♯AAAAFDAAFDAAFDAC2C3C5C687EAFAEAFAEAFAEAFAAC♯EEAC♯EEAC♯EEB♭C♯EAEC♯AAFDAAEC♯AAFDAAEC♯AAFDAAEC♯AAFDAAEC♯AAAAAGGSource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 7 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 8 of 10C2C3C5C691FACFEEAADDAAAAAAGGFFFFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAC2C3C5C695B♭B♭AAGGAACCCCCGGCGGECB♭CECB♭GECB♭CECB♭FFCACCACB♭CC3C5C699FFEEAADDAAAAAAGGFFFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAFCACCASource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 8 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 9 of 10C2C3C5C6103C♯C♯C♯FC♯FC♯FC♯FCECGCCAFACFACFACFACFACFFFAACCB♭C♯B♭FB♭C♯B♭FCCB♭CCB♭GCAFFFCCAAFFC2C3C5C6107FFEEAADDAAAAAAGGFFFFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAC3C5C6111B♭B♭AAGGAACCCCCGGCGECB♭CECB♭GECB♭CECB♭FFCACCACB♭CC2C3C5C6115FFEEAADDAAAAAAGGFFFFCACCAFCACCAFCACCAFCACCASource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 9 of 10
El Capitan March, keyboard staff, page 10 of 10C2C3C5C6119C♯C♯C♯FC♯FC♯FC♯FCECGCCFFACACACFACFB♭C♯B♭FB♭C♯B♭FCCB♭CCB♭GCAFFFCCAAFFSource: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.El Capitan March · Page 10 of 10
Photograph of John Philip Sousa in band uniform
John Philip Sousa. Fitz W. Guerin, St. Louis, 1897. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

Key facts

Level
Level 10 · Advanced. Estimated from the notes (7 of 8 on our difficulty score)
Time signature
6/8, 2/4
Length
122 bars, 10 pages
Playing time
1:38
Notes
1,600
Range
F1 to A6
  • The source file does not write out repeats, so marked repeats sound and show once.

Source and licence

Licence of the source: Public Domain dedication.

Source: "El Capitan March", typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=600.

Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition The John Church Company.

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.