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Phoebe Knapp (1839–1908)

Blessed Assurance

Hymn tune Assurance

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
9/8
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 Blessed Assurance
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 written285 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand218 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots90 notes
  • Right-hand melody73 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to E5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, octaves, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths, 10ths
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position

What stands between you and this piece

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Phoebe Knapp died in 1908. Credits