Felice Giardini (1716–1796)

Come, Thou Almighty King

Hymn tune Italian Hymn (1769)

In Hymns

Level: 3 of 5
Key signature: 1 sharp
Time: 3/4
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 Come, Thou Almighty King — 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 written141 notes
Melody and a simpler left hand113 notes
Melody and left-hand roots49 notes
Right-hand melody41 notes

What it asks of you

Treble clef from D4 to E5
Bass clef from G2 to E4, with ledger lines
Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, octaves, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 10ths
Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Felice Giardini died in 1796. Credits