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Georg Neumark (1621–1681)

If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee

Hymn tune Wer nur den lieben Gott (1657)

In Hymns

Level
2 of 5
Key signature
A minor
Time
3/4
Length
24 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 If Thou But Suffer God to Guide 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 written201 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand151 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots74 notes
  • Right-hand melody50 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to E5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 10ths, octaves, 3rds 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 Klaus Rettinghaus for the Mutopia Project (CC BY 4.0), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Georg Neumark died in 1681. Credits