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Thomas Hastings (1784–1872)

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me

Hymn tune Toplady (1830)

In Hymns

In Funeral and memorial music

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 flats
Time
6/4
Length
13 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 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
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 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