How many notes are there in moonlight sonata 3rd mvmt?

Question

I play this piece and just out of curiosity I want to know how many notes there are in it. I don't have the patience to count them all(I'm sure there are more than 1000) and i don't have any software that can count them.

lainiebsky · Accepted Answer

You don't want to count the notes but you assume someone else will be happy to do it for you?  

Why?

a · Answer

If ever I am challenged with whether I ever accomplished anything in life, I can say this.  6531.  To those who said nobody would, I was too curious, and there was no answer on the net.

Yes, I counted all 201 measures.  The slurs and trills definitely made things difficult, so actually the number is at best a close guess (especially that last trill, sheesh).  I can only play (badly) the part that repeats, and then I lost my motivation after that, so I don't know every note of the piece.  If you want to check my work, here it is, measure by measure:

1	23	29		
	23	29		
	23	29		
	25	25		
9	27	24		
	25	24		
	32	7	23	
	25	23		
	25	23		
20	24	20		
	24	21		
	21	27		
	28	28		
	28	20		
30	26	21		
	26	15	22	
t	28	22	21	
	22	28	19	
	20	21	25	
44	32	25	32	
	28	26	39	
	41	40	41	
	30	26	25	
	26	20		
58	26	21		
	26	21		
	21	32		
	32	27		
r				
2		29		
	23	29		
	23	29		
	25	25		
9	27	24		
	25	24		
	32	7	23	
	25	23		
	25	23		
20	24	20		
	24	21		
	21	27		
	28	28		
	28	20		
30	26	21		
	26	15	22	
t	28	22	21	
	22	28	19	
	20	21	25	
44	32	25	32	
	28	26	39	
	41	40	41	
	30	26	25	
	26	20		
58	26	21		
	26	21		
	21	32		
	32			
				
66	27	29		
68	23	29		
	27	27		
	23	24		
	21	21		
	20	21		
78	21	24		
	20	21		
	21	21		
	24	24		
	24	24		
88	22	26		
	26	22		
	23	39		
	40	22		
	22	28		
98	22	28		
	28	6	6	23
	29	23		
	29	23		
	29	27		
110	25	27		
	24	25		
	20	32		
	7	19	25	
	21	21	27	
122	28	28	28	
t	20	30	20	
t	30	15	22	
	28	25	21	
	22	28	20	
137	21	25	32	
	25	32	25	
	22	40	41	
	40	41	26	
	22	24	24	
152	20	20		
	21	20		
	22	22		
	32	36		
	28	29		
162	23	29		
	32	18		
	32	16		
	19	21		
	21	21		
172	25	26		
	26	26		
	32	32		
	15	16	15	
	16	16		
183	20	16		
	16	16		
t	21	54		
	2	2	19	26
	21	26		
195	22	22		
	36	32		
	32	10	8

6531

godby · Answer

Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement Notes

Mamianka · Answer

So - see if it is already uploaded to the Sibelius or Finale users sites.  THEN it will be easy to find someone to open it for you, and read the note-count feature.  Not gonna be me - I enjoy wasting my time on things of my OWN choosing, not things assigned to me by strangers.  

Why don't you have someone also do a note-count to a Chopin etude, or the Devil's Staircase, or something with a lot MORE notes?

wvculturallover · Answer

How many stars are there in the sky?  I'd really like to  know but I don't want to count them.

unixrab · Answer

How many notes are there in the first movement?  (Adagio sostenuto)  ?

glinzek · Answer

I took a quick look, and could see that all 12 of them are in there.

G.

How many notes are there in moonlight sonata 3rd mvmt?

7 Answers