SONG · BEGINNER PUBLIC DOMAIN

Thunder and Lightning

Johann Strauss II, Op. 324.

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0:00 4:13 · ♩ = 120

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Beginner
BARS: 253
SECTIONS: 32
TEMPO: ♩ = 120
MELODY NOTES: 683
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Thunder and Lightning (1825). Public domain. Encoded mechanically from the public-domain Mutopia Project edition. Typeset by Stan Sanderson. Edition source: C. M. Cady, Pub. 1878. The melody is the top line of the edition's first staff as printed; the accompaniment is a simplified one-chord-per-bar reduction of the edition’s second staff.

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