Flight of the Bumblebee – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

About this piece

Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is one of the classical pieces in the EzPiano catalogue, arranged for piano at advanced level. What you can play here is the first 31 seconds (477 notes, about 15 a second); the whole arrangement lasts 1:20. Expect a count in 2/4 and a tempo near 156 bpm. The full arrangement spans F1 to A7, about 6½ octaves of the keyboard. About 29 % of the preview’s key presses sound two or more notes at once; the rest are single notes.

The opening is busy, about 15 notes a second: try it at 50 % speed in Wait mode before you play along.

Full song

1:20

Preview

the opening 31 s, 477 notes

Tempo

about 156 bpm

Time signature

2/4

Range (full song)

F1–A7 (about 6½ octaves)

Notes (full song)

1,334