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Gustav Holst (1874–1934)

In the Bleak Midwinter

Hymn tune Cranham (1906)

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Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 flat
Time
4/4
Length
17 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 In the Bleak Midwinter
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 written177 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand135 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots64 notes
  • Right-hand melody47 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, octaves, 7ths, 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: Gustav Holst died in 1934. Credits