Ding Dong! Merrily on High
G. R. Woodward's carol on a French dance tune of 1588 (Arbeau's Branle de l'Official), in Charles Wood's four-part harmony as SPCK printed it
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 108: the middle speed of the 91 pieces in 4/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.
- As written358 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand270 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots132 notes
- Right-hand melody108 notes
The easy version, the right-hand melody at level 2, engraved on its own page.
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 B3 to F5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from A2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 2nds (steps), octaves, 10ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), London, 1924 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is a traditional tune, and so is Charles Wood’s arrangement. Credits