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Thomas Arne (1710–1778)

Hymn of Eve

Hymn tune Uxbridge, from Thomas Arne's oratorio The Death of Abel (1755)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
3/4
Length
25 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Hymn of Eve
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written249 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand191 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots94 notes
  • Right-hand melody69 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E2 to A3, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 7ths, 10ths
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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Score typeset by Peter Chubb for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Thomas Arne died in 1778. Credits