SONG · INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC DOMAIN

Symphony No. 5 (Opening Theme)

Ludwig van Beethoven · also known as Beethoven Symphony 5, Fate Motif, Symphony No. 5 Opening, Beethoven's Fifth, Beethoven 5th Symphony

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0:00 0:21 · ♩ = 120

SYMPHONY NO. 5 (OPENING THEME) — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
BARS: 21
SECTIONS: 3
TEMPO: ♩ = 120
MELODY NOTES: 35
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1808). Public domain. The opening motif group of the first movement (bars 1-21, through the held G-major chord), encoded mechanically from the first-violin part of the public-domain Mutopia edition; the accompaniment is a simple Rithm chord reduction.

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