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Entry of the Gladiators

Julius Fučík

The famous chromatic circus-march theme, including both passes and their different endings. A lowered single-note melody and new bass pulses make its quick twists approachable one bar at a time.

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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

Julius Fučík, 1897. Main theme from Inocybe’s MIDI, explicitly released into the public domain on Wikimedia Commons; opening melody and repeated form checked against Hawkes & Son’s 1903 piano score, plate 3742. Complete 32-bar first march theme and its alternative endings only. Principal melody lowered one octave; inner chords replaced with newly written bass pulses at a slower practice tempo. Introduction, second strain, trio and external recordings omitted.

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

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