How Firm a Foundation
Hymn tune Foundation (1832)
In Hymns
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- 1 sharp
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 17 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written178 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand136 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots67 notes
- Right-hand melody50 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 G3 to D5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from G2 to B3
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes
- Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, octaves, 4ths, 10ths, 7ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
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Score typeset by Peter Chubb for the Mutopia Project (CC BY-SA 2.0), adapted for Clefsight; our version and its easier versions are shared under the same licence; the composition is a traditional tune. Credits