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Johann Crüger (1598–1662)

Now Thank We All Our God

Hymn tune Nun danket (1647), as The Elmhurst Hymnal printed it (1921)

In Hymns

In Thanksgiving hymns

Level
3 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
17 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

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.

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 Now Thank We All Our God
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 written217 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand162 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots67 notes
  • Right-hand melody50 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 D5
  • Bass clef from F2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, octaves, 6ths, 10ths, 4ths, 2nds (steps)
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score typed for Clefsight from Eden Publishing House, St. Louis, 1921 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Johann Crüger died in 1662. Credits