Level 3: Five-note songs
Ode to Joy on piano
Ode to Joy is the big tune from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (1824). It moves step by step between C and G, which makes it one of the best first classical pieces.
Notes in this song:CDEFG
🐘E
🐘E
🐠F
🦒G
🦒G
🐠F
🐘E
🦕D
🐱C
🐱C
🦕D
🐘E
🐘E
🦕D
🦕D
🐘E
🐘E
🐠F
🦒G
🦒G
🐠F
🐘E
🦕D
🐱C
🐱C
🦕D
🐘E
🦕D
🐱C
🐱C
🦕D
🦕D
🐘E
🐱C
🦕D
🐘E
🐠F
🐘E
🐱C
🦕D
🐘E
🐠F
🐘E
🦕D
🐱C
🦕D
🦒G
🐘E
🐘E
🐠F
🦒G
🦒G
🐠F
🐘E
🦕D
🐱C
🐱C
🦕D
🐘E
🦕D
🐱C
🐱C
Play the note that glows. Tap the keys, use the computer keys A S D F G H J K…, or plug in a keyboard. Any C counts as C, high or low.
Ode to Joy letter notes
Each letter is one key. The words are under the notes.
E E F G G F E D
C C D E E D D
E E F G G F E D
C C D E D C C
D D E C D E F E C
D E F E D C D G
E E F G G F E D
C C D E D C C
How to play it
Five fingers on C D E F G. Only one note leaves the hand: the low G near the end, just below middle C.
Press Listen first to hear the song. Then play the note that glows: the song waits for your child, so there is no rush. Tick Slow for a calmer tempo.