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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This may be the most elegant theme Mozart ever set on a keyboard: a gently rocking siciliana in 6/8, so well turned that he built six variations on it and, two movements later, the famous Turkish March. Everything starts with this little MIDI file.
For a beginner this theme is a gift: eighteen bars, an easy tempo, and yet everything is in it. Two-note slurs, the balance between a melody in thirds and a discreet bass, dynamics that make a repeat breathe. If you want to learn to play beautifully rather than fast, start here.
The theme of the Sonata K. 331: the first notes
Right hand, in letter names (C4 = middle C): C#5 D5 C#5 E5 E5 B4 C#5 B4 D5 D5 A4 A4 B4 B4 C#5 E5 D5 C#5 B4 C#5 D5 C#5 E5 E5… The rest scrolls in the preview above, with the fingering, and the sheet music PDF has the whole piece.
Play the theme of the Sonata K. 331 on the virtual piano
Here are the virtual piano notes for the theme of the Sonata K. 331, 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.
Letters for a QWERTY keyboardYour keyboard: 36 notes
9O9PPU9UOO
YYUU9PO9U
9O9PPU9UOO
YU9O9UY
▶ 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
The siciliana sway, supple and steady
The melody's thirds landing exactly together
Two-note slurs: lean on the first, release the second
Making each repeat different instead of identical
Playing the theme of the Sonata K. 331 on piano with Pianovera
In Pianovera's Wait mode this theme sight-reads in one sitting. Then switch to Scroll at 80% and focus on one thing only: every slurred pair landing lighter than it rose.
Open Sonata K. 331 · Theme (Andante grazioso) 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.
Download the theme of the Sonata K. 331 MIDI and sheet music
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 theme of the Sonata K. 331 hard to play on piano?
We rate it beginner: 478 notes over 1:55, spanning E2 to A5. The first thing to work on: the siciliana sway, supple and steady.
Where can I get the sheet music for the theme of the Sonata K. 331?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (32 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 theme of the Sonata K. 331 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.
