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John Stainer (1840–1901)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Hymn tune Love Divine (1889)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
4/4
Length
9 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 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
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 written124 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand96 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots41 notes
  • Right-hand melody32 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, octaves, 10ths, 3rds (skips)
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

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Score typeset by Peter Chubb for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: John Stainer died in 1901. Credits