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Johann Schop (1590–1667)

Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light

Hymn tune Ermuntre dich (1641)

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In Hymns

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
3 flats
Time
4/4
Length
19 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 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
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 written320 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand240 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots84 notes
  • Right-hand melody66 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 E5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 6ths, octaves, 5ths, 4ths, 7ths, 2nds (steps)
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Johann Schop died in 1667. Credits