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Traditional

As Joseph Was A-Walking

Christmas carol

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
Time
6/8
Length
18 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of As Joseph Was A-Walking
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written110 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots76 notes
  • Right-hand melody62 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from D4 to D5
  • Bass clef from F2 to B3
  • Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 3rds played together in one hand
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is a traditional tune. Credits