Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
Ben Jonson's Song: To Celia (1616) sung to an English tune of the late eighteenth century, set for piano
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No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 48: the middle of the speeds usually taken for Rather slowly, two thirds of it counted in dotted quarters. 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 written254 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand190 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots87 notes
- Right-hand melody71 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 C4 to E5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B2 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths, octaves, 2nds (steps)
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
Sections
The piece in 2 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is a traditional tune. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one rests on its uploader marking it public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Credits
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