The Entertainer

The form

The sections of the piece and their chords: the map you learn before playing a single note.

Intro A A B B A C C D D' Coda

The key

C major

No sharps or flats

Scale

C · D · E · F · G · A · B

Pillar chords

I = C · IV = F · V7 = G7

The tricky passages

• Bar 27: fast runs (4.8 notes per second), notes outside the key, 4-note chords, lots of notes
• Bars 52–53: fast runs (4.8 notes per second), a melodic leap (more than an octave (16 semitones)), notes outside the key, lots of notes
• Bar 117: fast runs (4.8 notes per second), a melodic leap (more than an octave (17 semitones)), notes outside the key, 4-note chords, lots of notes