How do you play In the Hall of the Mountain King on the piano?

In the Hall of the Mountain King piano notes

In the Hall of the Mountain King starts B C# D E F# D F#, on the B just below middle C. The short theme comes again and again, and in Grieg's music it gets faster and louder each time. It uses two black keys, C# and F#.

Play it on the virtual piano

The notes, line by line

Each line shows the letters to play, then each key with its octave: C4 is middle C. The box under a key is the computer key that plays it on the virtual piano.

B C# D E F# D F# F C# F E C E
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B C# D E F# D F# B A F# D F# A
B3MC#42D4WE4EF#45D4WF#45B4UA4YF#45D4WF#45A4Y
B C# D E F# D F# F C# F E C E
B3MC#42D4WE4EF#45D4WF#45F4RC#42F4RE4EC4QE4E
B C# D E F# D F# B A F# D F# A
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How to play it

Put your right thumb on the B just below middle C. Fingers 1 to 5 then rest on B C# D E F#, and your second finger plays C#.
Play B C# D E F# D F# with fingers 1 2 3 4 5 3 5.
The next bar is F C# F, then E C E: the same shape, one key lower each time.
Start slowly. Once you know the theme, play it a little faster each time, as Grieg's orchestra does.

Fingers have numbers: 1 is the thumb, 2 the index finger, 3 the middle finger, 4 the ring finger and 5 the little finger. In the virtual piano, press Listen to hear the rhythm first, and pick a slower speed while you learn.

Temel Bilgiler

Seviye	Zor
Notes in the melody	52
Keys	9: B3 C4 C#4 D4 E4 F4 F#4 A4 B4
Black keys	C#4 F#4
Lowest and highest note	B3 – B4
First note	B3
Melody by	Edvard Grieg, 1875

The notes in do re mi

In fixed do, C is always Do, as in Spanish, French and Italian.

Si Do# Re Mi Fa# Re Fa# Fa Do# Fa Mi Do Mi
Si Do# Re Mi Fa# Re Fa# Si La Fa# Re Fa# La
Si Do# Re Mi Fa# Re Fa# Fa Do# Fa Mi Do Mi
Si Do# Re Mi Fa# Re Fa# Si La Fa# Re Fa# La

About the song

Edvard Grieg wrote In the Hall of the Mountain King in 1875, as music for a scene of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, in the hall of the troll king.

Grieg later made it the last piece of his Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46. The music starts slowly and quietly, then gets faster and louder until the end.

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Why does In the Hall of the Mountain King get faster?

Grieg wrote it that way. The same short theme repeats, and the tempo rises to a very fast end while the music gets louder and wilder.

Which keys do I need for the theme?

Nine keys, from the B below middle C to the B above it. Two of them are black keys: C# and F#.