Clefsight No keyboard

Thomas Jarman (1776–1861)

Lyngham

Hymn tune by Thomas Jarman, also called Nativity

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 flat
Time
2/4
Length
21 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 Lyngham
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 written195 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand158 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots83 notes
  • Right-hand melody62 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 F2 to C4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 5ths, 6ths, 4ths, octaves, 3rds (skips)
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, 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: Thomas Jarman died in 1861. Credits