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John Williams - Harry Potter Theme - Free Sheet Music Riff

John Williams - Harry Potter Theme - Free Sheet Music Riff


It's not something that's immeditately apparent when you hear it, but the most famous "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter owes a lot to Celtic folk music, and traditional songs like Greensleeves or Scarborough Fair. In particular the rhythm found in the opening bar:

 

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Follow the links to Greensleeves and Scarborough Fair above and you'll see they both use the same rhythm of dotted quarter note - eighth note - quarter note in a 3/4 bar. They also use a half-note, quarter note which is also found in the Harry Potter theme.

To show you the similarity a bit more, here, for example is a tune I've just invented, which uses those five notes as a starting point, but sounds much more like a folk tune.

 

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One of the main reasons the Harry Potter theme sounds so different is the instrument it's played on - a keyboard instrument called a celeste.

To prove the point, let's hear my tune again with a celeste sound.

 

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That's much more spooky, right?!

For more Harry Potter, have a look at the first page of Diagonal Alley, courtesy of our friends at sheetmusicplus:

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John Williams: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com
John Williams: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Selected Themes from the Motion Picture) Composed by John Williams. For piano. From the motion picture "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone". Format: piano solo songbook. With color photos. Movies. 48 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.0639B)
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John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Selected Themes from the Motion Picture) Composed by John Williams. For piano solo. Format: piano solo songbook. With color photos. Movies. 48 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.0639B)
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"Themes From Harry Potter" Easy Intermediate Piano Solos - from the film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" By John Williams. Edited by Gail Lew. Arranged by Gail Lew. Piano method/supplement. 32 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (ELM01080)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Deluxe Score Suite for Orchestra. John Williams Signature Edition. Size 10.5x14 inches. 86 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (4490214)
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Selected Themes from Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Flute By John Williams. Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Victor Lopez. Instrumental collection (educational). Level: 2. 16 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (0645B)
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John Williams: Anthology (Revised & Updated) Composed by John Williams. For voice and piano. Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics and chord names. Movies. 176 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.VF1774)
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John Williams: Music from The Star Wars Trilogy - Special Edition / Trumpet Composed by John Williams. For solo trumpet (no accompaniment). Format: instrumental solo songbook. With black & white photos. Movies. 20 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.0017B)
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John Williams: Star Wars Suite Composed by John Williams, arranged by Tony Esposito. For solo piano. Format: piano solo songbook. Movies. 44 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.0010B)
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John Williams: Greatest Hits -1969-1999 Composed by John Williams. For solo piano. Format: piano solo songbook. Movies. 140 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.PFM0008)
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John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Selected Themes from the Motion Picture) Composed by John Williams. For piano solo. Format: piano solo songbook. With color photos. Movies. 48 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.0639B)
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Itzhak Perlman: Three Pieces from Schindler's List (Violin and Piano) Performed by Itzhak Perlman, composed by John Williams. For violin solo and piano accompaniment. Format: set of performance parts (Includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part and piano accompaniment. Movies. 20 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by MCA. (HL.849954)
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For Always (From the Motion Picture 'Artificial Intelligence') Lyrics by Cynthia Weil, music by John Williams. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Movies. C Major. 8 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Cherry Lane Music. (HL.2500449)
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Duel of the Fates "Star Wars" By John Williams. Edited by Jeannette Delisa. Original Sheet Music (Piano/Vocal/Chords). 10 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (PV9947)
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Excerpts) By John Williams. (score). John Williams Signature Edition. Size 10.5x14 inches. 38 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (4490154)
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"Hook" / Movie Selections By John Williams. Edited by Carol Cuellar. Shows and movies: Piano Solo/Vocal/Chords. 44 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. (P0946SMX)
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