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I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

All three verses and chorus replies from The Pirates of Penzance. The vocal line becomes the right-hand melody, with the source piano bass and a shorter introduction.

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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

Original transcription © The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. Piano adaptation and lyric timing conversion by Piano Sprig. Vocal melody raised one octave and assigned to the right hand; source piano left hand retained. Intro shortened by eight bars. Constant practice tempo; choir inner parts and expressive timing omitted.

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

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