Green notes: right hand, blue notes: left hand. Preview played right in your browser with the app's real piano (lightweight version). Inside Pianovera: full multi-layer sound, fingering display and Wait mode.
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Vienna in Mozart's day was obsessed with Ottoman military bands, all cymbals and drums. The Rondo alla Turca is his keyboard take on that craze: a left hand imitating percussion, a right hand spinning, and a refrain the whole planet can hum. The complete MIDI of the movement sits right above.
Teachers hand it to second or third-year students, which is about right if you build it slowly. The sixteenth-note runs forgive very little, and the broken octaves of the final refrain need a looseness that won't be there on day one. The good news: it's a rondo, so every section you learn comes back around several times.
The Turkish March: the first notes
Right hand, in letter names (C4 = middle C): B4 A4 G#4 A4 C5 D5 C5 B4 C5 E5 F5 E5 D#5 E5 B5 A5 G#5 A5 B5 A5 G#5 A5 C6 A5… The rest scrolls in the preview above, with the fingering, and the sheet music PDF has the whole piece.
Play the Turkish March on the virtual piano
Here are the virtual piano notes for the Turkish March, in computer keyboard letters: the first 8 bars of the melody. One key per note, read left to right; dark keys are the sharps, and a thin line marks each bar. The melody sounds an octave lower than written, so it fits on the keyboard.
Letters for a QWERTY keyboardYour keyboard: 44 notes
MNHNQWQMQE
RE;EUY6YUY6YI
YITYUYTYTYUY
TYTYUYT5E
▶ Play on the virtual pianoThe piano opens with this piece loaded: the key to play lights up and waits for you.
What you'll be working on
Even sixteenth notes in the right hand, no galloping
The "alla turca" accompaniment: light, never hammered
Broken octaves in the A major refrain
One tempo from first bar to last (the classic trap)
Playing the Turkish March on piano with Pianovera
The rondo splits itself up for you: set A·B loops on each section and raise them one by one in Wait mode. Pianovera colors each hand, so you'll spot instantly when the left starts overpowering what should be an accompaniment.
Open Turkish March (Rondo alla Turca) in Pianovera: the notes fall toward an 88-key virtual piano keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out. On a PC, it's falling notes piano software for Windows, with video export up to 4K.
Free, with no time limit and no ads: 30 pieces (10 in full, 20 in a simplified version), the first 10 lessons and 10 minutes of 3D hands (then 15 seconds per piece). Premium opens all 651 pieces.
The work itself is in the public domain, and this MIDI engraving was placed in the public domain by its typesetter on the Mutopia Project. Use it freely, videos included.
About this piece
Is the Turkish March hard to play on piano?
We rate it intermediate: 1614 notes over 4:15, spanning D2 to E6. The first thing to work on: even sixteenth notes in the right hand, no galloping.
Where can I get the sheet music for the Turkish March?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (262 KB), engraved by the Mutopia Project from the same source as the MIDI file, Public domain license. View it, print it, keep it.
Is the Turkish March MIDI file really free?
Yes. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1783) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.
