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Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

A New Ground

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
4/4
Length
31 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

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The opening bars of A New Ground
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written512 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand503 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots293 notes
  • Right-hand melody262 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to B5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E2 to B3, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 6ths, 3rds (skips), 7ths, 4ths, 5ths
  • Chords: inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Henry Purcell died in 1695. Credits