Clefsight No keyboard

Traditional

Deck the Halls

Level
2 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
4/4
Length
16 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

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

The opening bars of Deck the Halls
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written125 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand123 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots84 notes
  • Right-hand melody68 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to C6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to G3, 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, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, octaves, 6ths
  • Chords: triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is a traditional tune. Credits