Thomas Hastings (1784–1872)
Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
Hymn tune Toplady (1830)
In Hymns
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- 2 flats
- Time
- 6/4
- Length
- 13 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written162 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand120 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots55 notes
- Right-hand melody42 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 B3 to D5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B2 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 6ths, octaves, 4ths, 5ths, 3rds played together in one hand, 2nds played together in one hand
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Thomas Hastings died in 1872. Credits