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Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Piano Four Hands)Interactive lesson ready

Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Piano Four Hands)

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150 BPM 7:39 D Major 4 tracks 6663 notes

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Mode Concert: the MIDI melody is played as is, with the instrument's didactic fingering (out-of-range notes skip octaves). Mode Written: applies the real transposition of each instrument (alto sax in Eb +9, clarinet/trumpet in Bb +2).

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Musical Analysis

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150 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo150 BPM
Duration7:39
Tracks4
Notes6663
Key / ScaleD Major
Pitch rangeC1 (24) - A7 (105)
Range span81 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
ACdim7/AAA/EA/C#AAdim7A7A7/EA/E
00:00 - 01:54
Early middle
Dmaj7/ADDmaj7/F#AA6Bm11E7sus2Em11G6/9A11
01:54 - 03:49
Late middle
Gmaj9GGaugEsus2/F#Am/EAmDAm(add9)D7Gsus4
03:49 - 05:44
Ending
A7/EA11C6/AGadd9/AEm7/BBm9/AA6A13A11Dmaj9
05:44 - 07:39

Description & Musical Analysis

The Waltz of the Flowers closes Act II of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker. This file lasts 7:39 and contains 6,663 note events.

How to Play & Trivia

About this MIDI

The Waltz of the Flowers closes Act II of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker. This arrangement is written for piano four hands, with four parts sharing the two performers’ music. This file lasts 7:39 and contains 6,663 note events.

Practice focus

Follow the melody as it moves between registers, then listen for the accompaniment’s broad waltz pulse.

Score source: [PDMX v9, Zenodo record 15571083](https://zenodo.org/records/15571083). This score is marked CC0 1.0 in the dataset metadata. Dataset attribution: Phillip Long, Zachary Novack, Julian McAuley, and Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick (CC BY 4.0).

Available Instruments: Piano (Grand, Upright, Electric), Synthesizer, Organ, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Viola Caipira, Ukulele, Bass (4 and 5 strings), Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Kalimba, Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Flute, Ocarina, Saxophone, Clarinet, and Trumpet.

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MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale
D Major
Pitch Range
C1 (24) - A7 (105)
Total Notes
6663

Note Distribution

C
238 3.6%
C#
709 10.6%
D
1095 16.4%
Eb
95 1.4%
E
764 11.5%
F
185 2.8%
F#
724 10.9%
G
714 10.7%
Ab
114 1.7%
A
1208 18.1%
Bb
186 2.8%
B
631 9.5%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
Pianoacoustic grand piano1667
Pianoacoustic grand piano1730
Pianoacoustic grand piano2233
Pianoacoustic grand piano1033

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:00 - 00:00M1.1 - M1.3A
00:01 - 00:01M2.1 - M2.2Cdim7/A
00:02 - 00:02M2.3 - M3.1A
00:02 - 00:03M3.2 - M4.1A/E
00:04M4.2A/C#
00:04 - 00:05M4.3 - M5.3A
00:06 - 00:06M6.1 - M6.2Adim7
00:06 - 00:07M6.3 - M7.1A7
00:07M7.2A7/E
00:08M7.3A/E
00:08M8.1A7/E
00:08M8.2A/E
00:09M8.3A/C#
00:09 - 00:10M9.1 - M9.2A
00:10M9.3A7
00:10M10.1B7/Eb
00:11 - 00:11M10.2 - M10.3B7/F#
00:12 - 00:12M11.1 - M11.2E7sus4
00:12M11.3Em11
00:13 - 00:14M12.1 - M12.3B7/A
00:14 - 00:14M13.1 - M13.2B7/G
00:15M13.3G6/9
00:15 - 00:16M14.1 - M15.1E11
00:17M15.2A
00:17M15.3Ddim7
00:18M16.1A7
00:18M16.2A7/E
00:18M16.3A7/G
00:19M17.1A6
00:19M17.2A7/G
00:20M17.3A7/E
00:20M18.1A7/C#
00:20M18.2A7/E
00:21M18.3A7/G
00:21M19.1A7/C#
00:22M19.2A7
00:22M19.3A7/G
00:22M20.1A7/E
00:23M20.2A7/G
00:23M20.3A7
00:24M21.1C#m7b5
00:24M21.2A7/C#
00:24M21.3A7sus4/E
00:25M22.1A7/E
00:25M22.2A13/G
00:26M22.3A7/G
00:26 - 00:26M23.1 - M23.2A7
00:27M23.3C#m7b5
00:27M24.1A7/C#
00:28M24.2A7
00:28M24.3A7/G
00:28M25.1A7/E
00:29M25.2A7/C#
00:29M25.3A7
00:30M26.1A7/G
00:30M26.2A7/E
00:30M26.3A7/C#
00:31M27.1A7
00:31M27.2A7/G
00:32M27.3A7/E
00:32 - 00:32M28.1 - M28.2A7/C#
00:33M28.3A7
00:33M29.1A
00:34M29.2A7/E
00:34 - 00:34M29.3 - M30.1A7/C#
00:35M30.2A7
00:35M30.3A7/E
00:36M31.1A7/C#
00:36 - 00:38M31.2 - M32.3A7
00:38 - 00:39M33.1 - M34.1Bm7b5/D
00:40M34.2Bm7b5/A
00:40 - 00:43M34.3 - M37.2A7
00:44 - 00:49M37.3 - M42.2D
00:50M42.3Em7b5/D
00:50M43.1Gm6/E
00:50M43.2Em7b5
00:51 - 00:52M43.3 - M45.1D
00:53M45.2D/A
00:53 - 00:54M45.3 - M46.2D
00:54M46.3Em7b5/D
00:55 - 00:55M47.1 - M47.2GmMaj7/D
00:56 - 00:57M47.3 - M48.3D
00:57M49.1Bm7/D
00:58M49.2Bm9/D
00:58M49.3Ebm7/C#
00:58 - 00:59M50.1 - M50.2F#m7/C#
00:59M50.3C
01:00M51.1C7
01:00M51.2C9
01:00M51.3B7sus4
01:01M52.1Em11/B
01:01M52.2Em/B
01:02M52.3G
01:02 - 01:02M53.1 - M53.2G6
01:03M53.3C#dim7/E
01:03 - 01:04M54.1 - M54.2C#m7b5/E
01:04M54.3Bm11
01:04M55.1C#m7b5/B
01:05M55.2Em/B
01:05M55.3GmMaj7/Bb
01:06M56.1F#9/Bb
01:06M56.2Bb7
01:06M56.3Amaj7
01:07M57.1C#sus2/D
01:07M57.2Bsus2
01:08 - 01:08M57.3 - M58.2D
01:09M58.3Em7b5/D
01:09M59.1Gm6/E
01:10M59.2Em7b5
01:10 - 01:12M59.3 - M61.1D
01:12M61.2D/A
01:12M61.3D5
01:13 - 01:13M62.1 - M62.2D
01:14M62.3Em7b5/D
01:14 - 01:14M63.1 - M63.2GmMaj7/D
01:15 - 01:16M63.3 - M64.3D
01:16M65.1D7
01:17M65.2D9
01:17M65.3Amaj9/C#
01:18M66.1F#m11/C#
01:18M66.2F#m/C#
01:18M66.3B
01:19 - 01:19M67.1 - M67.2C#7/B
01:20M67.3Bm9/A
01:20M68.1Dmaj7/A
01:20M68.2A6
01:21M68.3Ab
01:21M69.1C#7/Ab
01:22M69.2C#9/Ab
01:22M69.3F#sus2
01:22M70.1F#m
01:23M70.2F#m9/E
01:23M70.3F#m7/E
01:24M71.1Dmaj9
01:24M71.2D7
01:24M71.3Dmaj7/C#
01:25M72.1F#m/C#
01:25M72.2C#7
01:26M72.3B7sus2/C#
01:26M73.1Amaj9/Ab
01:26M73.2A11/B
01:27 - 01:27M73.3 - M74.1D
01:28M74.2Dmaj7/F#
01:28M74.3A
01:28M75.1A6
01:29M75.2Bm11/F#
01:29M75.3E7sus2
01:30M76.1Em7
01:30M76.2G6/E
01:30M76.3A11
01:31M77.1Am7
01:31M77.2A7/E
01:32 - 01:32M77.3 - M78.1G/B
01:32M78.2Dsus4
01:33M78.3A6
01:33M79.1A13
01:34M79.2A7/G
01:34M79.3Dsus2
01:34M80.1Dmaj9
01:35M80.2A6/F#
01:35M80.3Asus4
01:36M81.1Dmaj7/A
01:36 - 01:37M81.2 - M82.1D
01:37M82.2Dmaj7/F#
01:38M82.3A
01:38M83.1A6
01:38M83.2Bm11
01:39M83.3E7sus2
01:39M84.1Em11
01:40M84.2G6/9
01:40M84.3A11
01:40M85.1Am7
01:41M85.2A7/G
01:41 - 01:42M85.3 - M86.1Bb6
01:42M86.2Dsus4
01:42 - 01:43M86.3 - M87.1Baug
01:43M87.2Eb
01:44 - 01:44M87.3 - M88.1C
01:44M88.2Em
01:45M88.3A/C#
01:45M89.1Amaj9/Ab
01:46M89.2A11/B
01:46 - 01:46M89.3 - M90.1D
01:47M90.2Dmaj7/F#
01:47M90.3A
01:48M91.1A6
01:48M91.2Bm11/F#
01:48M91.3E7sus2
01:49M92.1Em7
01:49M92.2G6/E
01:50M92.3A11
01:50M93.1Am7
01:50M93.2A7/E
01:51 - 01:51M93.3 - M94.1G/B
01:52M94.2Dsus4
01:52M94.3A6
01:52M95.1A13
01:53M95.2A7/G
01:53M95.3Dsus2
01:54M96.1Dmaj9
01:54M96.2A6/F#
01:54M96.3Asus4
01:55M97.1Dmaj7/A
01:55 - 01:56M97.2 - M98.1D
01:56M98.2Dmaj7/F#
01:57M98.3A
01:57M99.1A6
01:58M99.2Bm11
01:58M99.3E7sus2
01:58M100.1Em11
01:59M100.2G6/9
01:59M100.3A11
02:00M101.1Am7
02:00M101.2A7/G
02:00M101.3Bm7/F#
02:01 - 02:01M102.1 - M102.2Bm7/A
02:02M102.3F7
02:02M103.1B7/F
02:02M103.2Adim
02:03M103.3A/E

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