Louis Bourgeois (1510–1560)
Old Hundredth
John Dowland's setting (1612) of the Genevan Psalter tune, melody in the tenor; the tune of All People That on Earth Do Dwell
In Hymns
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- 1 sharp
- Time
- 4/2
- Length
- 13 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written130 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand98 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots47 notes
- Right-hand melody34 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from D4 to E5
- Bass clef from G2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes
- Intervals: 5ths, 6ths, octaves, 10ths, 4ths, 3rds played together in one hand
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
What stands between you and this piece
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Score typeset by Peter Chubb for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Louis Bourgeois died in 1560, and so is John Dowland’s arrangement. Credits