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“Le Cygne” (The Swan) is from Camille Saint-Saëns’s Le Carnaval des animaux.
On this page you can preview the piano accompaniment and get it in any of the 12 keys listed below, so you can play it in the key that suits your instrument or voice.
Sheet music, mp3 accompaniment tracks and guide videos are available for every key.
About “The Swan”
- Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
- From: Le Carnaval des animaux
- Original title: Le Cygne
- English title: The Swan
- Difficulty: Medium
- Sample video key: G major (G-dur)
- Original key: G major (G-dur)
What’s Included
- Piano accompaniment tracks (mp3) in all 12 keys
- Accompaniment tracks with guide melody (mp3) in all 12 keys
- Accompaniment videos in all 12 keys
- Accompaniment videos with guide melody in all 12 keys
- Transposed sheet music (PDF) for each key, plus an All Keys bundle
In the video files, the rhythm of the melody is shown on screen at the passages where timing is hardest to follow, so you can see exactly when each note falls.
This is a transposed reference score for performing “The Swan” (from The Carnival of the Animals) on various instruments, or with voice. The melody part is written in treble clef. There are no lyrics. Violin-specific markings such as fingerings and bowings are not included. In the 7 keys above the original key of G major (A-flat major, A major, B-flat major, B major, C major, D-flat major, D major), the melody part is notated one octave lower (the piano accompaniment is transposed as is).
Available Keys
All Keys
A major (A-dur)
- Transposed: +2 semitones
- Vocal range: F#3–E5
A-flat major (As-dur)
- Transposed: +1 semitones
- Vocal range: F3–Eb5
B major (H-dur)
- Transposed: +4 semitones
- Vocal range: G#3–F#5
B-flat major (B-dur)
- Transposed: +3 semitones
- Vocal range: G3–F5
C major (C-dur)
- Transposed: +5 semitones
- Vocal range: A3–G5
D major (D-dur)
- Transposed: +7 semitones
- Vocal range: B3–A5
D-flat major (Des-dur)
- Transposed: +6 semitones
- Vocal range: Bb3–Ab5
E major (E-dur)
- Transposed: -3 semitones
- Vocal range: C#4–B5
E-flat major (Es-dur)
- Transposed: -4 semitones
- Vocal range: C4–Bb5
F major (F-dur)
- Transposed: -2 semitones
- Vocal range: D4–C6
G major (G-dur) — original key
- Transposed: original key (no transposition)
- Vocal range: E4–D6
G-flat major (Ges-dur)
- Transposed: -1 semitones
- Vocal range: Eb4–Db6
