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: G major4/4♩=104187 bars
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About this song
Part of Mendelssohn's music for Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (Op. 61), and the march often played as the couple leaves at a wedding. Here we use the top line of Théodore Dubois's organ transcription, from start to finish.
Practice tips
It opens with a triplet fanfare: the same note three times, fast. Keep your tongue light.
It is a long piece, about seven minutes. Learn it line by line with the section loop instead of all at once.
The busiest spot is bar 4 (8 notes). Loop just that bar and practice it slowly.
Bars 6, 10, 18 and 22 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 16, 17 and 88. Keep your left thumb close to the octave key.
The biggest jump is in bar 5 (G → ↑C). Alternate the two fingerings a few times so your fingers learn them first.
High notes that use the palm keys (↑↑D and up) come in bars 178 and 179. Check their pictures on the fingering chart first.
We took only the top line (the melody). Repeats are written out as in the original. 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).