Can-Can (Galop infernal)

Can-Can (Galop infernal) is a piece by Offenbach, first published in 1858. In Freano it is rated “Medium” and is one of the app's 48 free public-domain pieces.

The app plays it at 132 beats per minute. The melody has 26 notes and takes about 7 seconds at full speed, so you can play it through several times in one short practice session.

It uses 8 different keys, from C4 to C5 — a span of 12 semitones.

Everything is on the white keys, which makes it a good choice in your first weeks.

The fastest notes are eighth notes.

In Freano it is a right-hand melody; there is no left-hand part for it yet.

This melody was published in 1858, more than a hundred years ago, and is in the public domain. Freano only includes music that is at least a century old, enters the melody itself rather than copying anyone's arrangement, and writes its own left-hand parts.