Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Chorale: Schaff's mit mir, Gott, BWV 514
From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725), attributed to Bach
On the RCM Level 1 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
On the ABRSM Grade 1 list (Piano Practical Grades, 2025 & 2026)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 86: the usual pace of hymn tunes. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.
- As written145 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots94 notes
- Right-hand melody70 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 C4 to G5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to C4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, octaves, 6ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms
Sections
The piece in 2 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits
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