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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Shall We Gather at the River

Hymn tune Hanson Place (1864)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
4/4
Length
16 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 Shall We Gather at the River
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 written267 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand201 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots86 notes
  • Right-hand melody70 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, octaves, 4ths, 3rds played together in one hand, 2nds played together in one hand
  • 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: Robert Lowry died in 1899. Credits