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William Croft (1678–1727)

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Hymn tune St. Anne (1708)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
4/4
Length
8 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 O God, Our Help in Ages Past
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 written103 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand76 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots36 notes
  • Right-hand melody28 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to C4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, dotted half notes
  • Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, octaves, 10ths, 4ths, 2nds (steps)
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: William Croft died in 1727. Credits