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Conrad Kocher (1786–1872)

For the Beauty of the Earth

Hymn tune Dix (1838), also sung to As with Gladness Men of Old

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
4/4
Length
12 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 For the Beauty of the Earth
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 written165 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand128 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots56 notes
  • Right-hand melody44 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to C4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, octaves, 7ths, 2nds (steps)
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Conrad Kocher died in 1872. Credits