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Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Still, Still with Thee

Hymn tune Consolation, from Mendelssohn's Song without Words Op. 30 No. 3

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 Still, Still with Thee
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 written154 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand123 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots59 notes
  • Right-hand melody43 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 G3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to B3
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, 7ths, 6ths, octaves, 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: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits