Clefsight No keyboard

John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876)

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Hymn tune St. Agnes (1866)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
3/4
Length
14 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 Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
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 written109 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand84 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots42 notes
  • Right-hand melody28 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to C5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to C4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
  • Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, octaves, 4ths, 7ths, 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

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

Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: John Bacchus Dykes died in 1876. Credits