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Traditional

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Hymn tune Es ist ein Ros, in Michael Praetorius's harmony (1609)

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In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 flat
Time
4/4
Length
18 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 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
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 written186 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand146 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots69 notes
  • Right-hand melody52 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 A3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to C4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, 6ths, 4ths, octaves, 3rds (skips), 10ths
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

What stands between you and this piece

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is a traditional tune, and so is Michael Praetorius’s arrangement. Credits