Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707)
The Prince of Denmark's March
The Trumpet Voluntary, a march for harpsichord from A Choice Collection of Ayres (1700)
- Level
- 3 of 7
- Key signature
- 2 sharps
- Time
- 2/2
- Length
- 24 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at half note = 74: the usual pace of marches. 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 written168 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots108 notes
- Right-hand melody84 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 D4 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), octaves, 5ths, 6ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from John Young, London, 1700 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Jeremiah Clarke died in 1707. Credits