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Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758)

Blest Are the Pure in Heart

Hymn tune Franconia (1738), arranged by William Henry Havergal

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
4/4
Length
9 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 Blest Are the Pure in Heart
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 written104 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand79 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots35 notes
  • Right-hand melody26 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 A3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from F2 to D4, 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
  • Intervals: octaves, 5ths, 6ths, 4ths, 10ths, 2nds (steps)
  • 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: Johann Balthasar König died in 1758, and so is William Henry Havergal’s arrangement. Credits