X:1
T:Gymnopedie No. 1
C:Erik Satie
S:Mutopia-2014/12/14-37, Evin Robertson; Dover reproduction of original edition
F:https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=37
Z:PlaySheet ABC re-engraving, 2026-09-27
N:Source typesetting is public domain. Full melody, bass sustains and both endings restored.
N:Quarter-note practice tempo 60 is editorial. Play the bass gently and allow the melody to sing.
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=60
K:D
%%score { 1 | ( 2 3 4 ) }
V:1 clef=treble name="Piano"
V:2 clef=bass
V:3 clef=bass
V:4 clef=bass
% Melody: four-bar introduction, then the original long-breathed phrases.
[V:1] |: z3 | z3 | z3 | z3 |
!pp! z f a | g f c | B c d | A3 |
F3- | F3- | F3- | F3 |
z f a | g f c | B c d | A3 |
c3 | f3 | E3- | E3- | E3 |
A B =c | e d B | d =c B | d3- | d2 d |
e =f g | a =c d | e d B | d3- | d2 d |
|[1 g3 | f3 | B A B | c d e | c d e | F3 | [=CEA=c]3 | [DFAd]3 :|[2
g3 | =f3 | B =c =f | e d =c | e d =c | =F3 | [=CEA=c]3 | [D=FAd]3 |]
% Accompaniment is a separate voice so the bass is held, not cut short.
[V:2] |: x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 | x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 |
x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 | x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 |
x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 | x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 |
x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 | x [B,DF]2 | x [A,CF]2 |
x [A,CF]2 | x [B,DF]2 | x [G,B,]2 | x [B,DG]2 | x [=F,A,D]2 |
x [A,=CE]2 | x [G,B,E]2 | x [D,G,B,E]2 | x [=C,E,A,D]2 | x [=C,F,A,D]2 |
x [A,=C=F]2 | x [A,=CE]2 | x [D,G,B,E]2 | x [=C,E,A,D]2 | x [=C,F,A,D]2 |
|[1 x [B,EG]2 | x [A,CF]2 | x [B,DF]2 | x [CEA]2 | x [A,CFA]2 | x [A,D] [B,DG] | x3 | x3 :|[2
x [B,EG]2 | x [A,D=FA]2 | x [A,=C=F]2 | x [=CEA]2 | x [A,=C=FA]2 | x [A,D] [B,DG] | x3 | x3 |]
[V:3] |: G,,3 | D,,3 | G,,3 | D,,3 |
G,,3 | D,,3 | G,,3 | D,,3 |
G,,3 | D,,3 | G,,3 | D,,3 |
G,,3 | D,,3 | G,,3 | D,,3 |
F,,3 | B,,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | D,,3 |
A,,,3 | D,,3 | D,,3 | D,,3 | D,,3 |
D,,3 | D,,3 | D,,3 | D,,3 | D,,3 |
|[1 E,,3 | F,,3 | B,,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | [A,,G,]3 | [D,,A,,D,]3 :|[2
E,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | E,,3 | [A,,G,]3 | [D,,A,,D,]3 |]
% Brief inner bass motion over the still-sounding E in the two cadences.
[V:4] |: x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 |
x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 |
x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 |
x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 |
|[1 x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x B,, E, | x3 | x3 :|[2
x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x3 | x B,, E, | x3 | x3 |]