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The Elements

Tom Lehrer · melody by Arthur Sullivan

Race through Tom Lehrer’s list of the chemical elements to Sullivan’s famously quick Major-General melody, with a simple left-hand pulse.

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Make a little progress

  1. Listen once and watch where the notes meet the keyboard.
  2. Set playback to half speed. Hear the right hand on its own.
  3. Choose two bars and switch on the loop.
  4. Add the left hand when the phrase feels familiar.

About this arrangement

Words by Tom Lehrer, released into the public domain in 2022; music from The Major-General’s Song by Arthur Sullivan, already public domain. Transcribed from Lehrer’s official score. Melody represented as a visual piano line with a newly written, simplified bass accompaniment. No commercial or third-party recording is used.

The onscreen note guide simplifies notation. For the complete notation, open the source sheet music.

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