Joy to the World

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written187 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand134 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots76 notes
• Right-hand melody57 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 C4 to D5, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from G2 to D4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: octaves, 5ths, 6ths, 10ths, 3rds played together in one hand
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms