Habanera

Georges Bizet

For tuba and piano

In D minor, range D2 to F♯3

In Bizet’s opera Carmen, the free-spirited Carmen teases the men of Seville: love is a wild bird that nobody can tame, and if I love you, watch out! Bizet thought the tune was a folk song, but it was by the Spanish composer Sebastián Yradier.

Loading the score

Turn Tuba off to play the tuba part yourself. Tap a note to start from there, tap beside the music to go back to the start. Drag across bars to practice just that passage.

Spot a wrong note? Tell us the bar.

Score engine: alphaTab.

0:00 / 2:30