Jack and the Beanstalk

The original 1905 publication included the following poem:
O let’s pretend the keyboard is a beanstalk tall and lean,
And let’s pretend your hands are legs,…the legs of Jack, I mean;
Then let’s pretend Jack climbs the stalk and steals the giant’s hoard…
For true enough he stole it while the wicked monster snored!
Now let’s pretend the giant wakes and lifts his awful face,
And gives a most terrific roar away down in the bass;
Then let’s pretend, in hot pursuit, the beanstalk he descends:
Jack cuts it down! The giant falls! ‘Tis so the story ends.

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Theme

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Elements

16th Notes

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Rhythm

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

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Accompaniment Patterns

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Fermatas

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Rhythm

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

Grace Notes

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Expression

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

Details

Title

Jack and the Beanstalk

Year

1905

Instrumentation

Solo Piano

Key Signature

Time Signature

# of Measures

47

Teacher Duet

No

Lyrics

No

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