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Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky

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Difficulty
Advanced
Instrument
Piano
Format
PDF + Interactive
Price
Free

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02Learn it

About this Sheet Music

Everything you need to learn Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky — at your own pace, completely free.

About this piece

Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky is available here as a free piano sheet music PDF. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is the credited composer of this work; this arrangement preserves the character of the original while remaining accessible to advanced-level pianists.

Vivace Music ships sheet music as a clean PDF score and as an interactive web player so you can choose the format that fits how you practice.

Practice tips

  1. Work in small sections — measure-by-measure mastery beats running the whole piece poorly.
  2. Focus on voicing and phrasing once the notes are secure; the depth of this piece rewards musical decisions.
  3. Use the interactive player's tempo control to drill challenging passages at 50–75% before bringing them to performance speed.
  4. Mark fingerings carefully — at this level, consistent fingering is what separates a clean run from a stumble.

How to use this sheet music

Download the PDF — print it or read it on a tablet. The score uses standard staff notation so it works with any music stand or notation reader.

Open the interactive player — get the same score in your browser with a moving cursor, adjustable metronome, tempo 25%–200%, transposition to any key, and an A↔B loop tool.

Score by James Brigham (original score), CC0 1.0 — shared via PDMX (public-domain and Creative Commons scores shared on MuseScore). Adapted for Vivace Music (credits, part names, engraving).

03Questions

Frequently asked questions

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Is the Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky sheet music free to download?

Yes. The Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky piano sheet music is a free PDF download — no account, payment, or signup required. You can also play along with the score in our free interactive player.

What difficulty level is this Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky arrangement?

This is a advanced-level arrangement for Piano. Best for experienced players comfortable with complex rhythms and broader hand positions.

Can I play Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky interactively without printing the PDF?

Yes. Open it in our interactive player to play along with the synchronized notation. You can adjust tempo, transpose to any key, loop sections for practice, and add a metronome — all in your browser, with no install.

Who composed Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky?

Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky is credited to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This arrangement is provided for educational use under the free-sheet-music section of Vivace Music.

Can I transpose Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky to a different key?

Yes — open the interactive player and use the transpose control to shift the score up or down by semitone. The notation re-renders instantly so you can read in whichever key suits your voice or instrument.

Does this work on mobile?

Yes. The PDF opens directly in your phone's PDF viewer (tap "Download PDF" or the link below the preview), and the interactive player is responsive — score, controls and metronome all work on small screens.

Letter notes

Chinese Dance (Tea) – The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky piano letter notes

The melody as note names, bar by bar, in playing order. The small number is the octave: C4 is middle C.

  1. 1— Bb5 C6 D6 Eb6 F6 G6 A6 Bb6 A6 G6 F6 G6 F6 D6 Bb5 F5 D5 Bb4 Bb5
  2. 5C5 C6 A4 A5 F4 F5 C5 C6 D5 D6 Bb4 Bb5 F4 Bb5 C6 D6 Eb6 F6 G6 A6 Bb6 A6 G6 F6 G6 F6 D6 Bb5 F5 D5 Bb4 Bb5
  3. 9C5 C6 A4 A5 F4 F5 C5 C6 D5 D6 Bb4 Bb5 F4 G6 F6 Eb6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 F5 G5 F5 E5 F5 G5 A5 Bb5 Bb4 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 F4
  4. 13G4 G5 G#4 G#5 A4 A5 D5 D6 C5 C6 Bb4 Bb5 F4 G6 F6 Eb6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 F5 G5 F5 E5 F5 G5 A5 Bb5 Bb4 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 F4
  5. 17G4 G5 G#4 G#5 A4 A5 D5 D6 C5 C6 Bb4 Bb5 F4 Bb5 C6 D6 Eb6 F6 G6 A6 Bb6 A6 G6 F6 G6 F6 D6 Bb5 F5 D5 Bb4 Bb5
  6. 21C5 C6 A4 A5 F4 F5 C5 C6 D5 D6 Bb4 Bb5 F4 Bb5 C6 D6 Eb6 F6 G6 A6 Bb6 A6 G6 F6 G6 F6 D6 Bb5 F5 D5 Bb4 Bb5
  7. 25C5 C6 A4 A5 F4 F5 C5 C6 D5 D6 Bb4 Bb5 F4 F5 Bb5 F6 Bb5 C6 F6 C6 A5 F6 A5 F5 F6 F5 C6 F6 C6 D6 F6 D6 Bb5 F6 Bb5 F5 F6 F5 C6 F6 C6
  8. 29D6 F6 D6 Bb5 F6 Bb5 F5 F6 F5 C6 F6 C6 D6 F6 D6 Bb5 F6 Bb5 F5 F6 F5 C6 F6 C6 D6 F6 D6 Bb5 F6 Bb5 D6 F6 D6 Bb5 F6 Bb5 D6 F6 D6 Bb5 F6 Bb5 F5 Bb3