John Hughes (1873–1932)
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Hymn tune Cwm Rhondda (1907), also sung to Bread of Heaven
In Hymns
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- 1 sharp
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 14 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 written232 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand177 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots73 notes
- Right-hand melody59 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 G2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 3rds (skips), 10ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typeset by Peter Chubb for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: John Hughes died in 1932. Credits