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Benjamin Hanby (1833–1867)

Up on the Housetop

Level
2 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
4/4
Length
16 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Up on the Housetop
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written116 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand98 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots78 notes
  • Right-hand melody62 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to A4, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from F2 to G3
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths
  • Chords: triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Benjamin Hanby died in 1867. Credits