Practice score with a fingering picture under every note. Press play and the current note shows large at the top. Tap two bar numbers (start → end) to loop that section, or ▶ to start from a bar.
Sax part: E minor4/4♩=6082 bars
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About this song
A piano piece written in 1890 by Erik Satie, the composer of the Gymnopédies. Satie wrote it without bar lines and filled the score with odd instructions such as "at the tip of thought". A strange, dreamy tune comes back slowly again and again.
Practice tips
Never rush this one. Lower the speed and keep the air even so the long notes do not wobble.
The same tune keeps coming back. Learn the first four bars well and you know half the piece.
The busiest spot is bar 27 (7 notes). Loop just that bar and practice it slowly.
Bars 8, 17, 21 and 25 are the same notes. Learn one and you can play the others with the same fingerings.
Where the octave key goes on and off a lot: bars 5, 14 and 51. Keep your left thumb close to the octave key.
The biggest jump is in bar 54 (E → G). Alternate the two fingerings a few times so your fingers learn them first.
We took only the top line (the melody). Transposed for saxophone (alto part). Ornaments such as trills are left out. FingerNola fingering pictures and accompaniment are added to every note.
FingerNola's score data for this song (notes and rhythm) is shared under the same license (CC BY-SA 4.0).