Waltzing Matilda
Traditional
In D major, this piece is 19 chord changes across 16 bars under the notes on the page — a beginner-tier piece by our difficulty audit, 3 of 97 in the library, ranked easiest to hardest. Reduced to block chords, that's a progression you can learn in a sitting; the piece you're reading is that progression wearing figuration.
Practice this piece → Practice chords → Learn it section by section → Hear the harmony →
Free scores
- Blocked-chord reduction (MusicXML) — the harmony skeleton the player performs
- The piece as written (compressed MusicXML)