Mary Had a Little Lamb
Sarah Josepha Hale's verses (1830) to the tune they are sung to, arranged by Tinashe Nyamukapa
- Level
- 2 of 7
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 8 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 110: the middle speed of the 99 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 written58 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots34 notes
- Right-hand melody26 notes
Its notes with letter names: the sheet music with each note's letter under it, and a drill of the notes it uses.
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 G4, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C3 to G3
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds
What stands between you and this piece
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is a traditional tune, and so is Tinashe Nyamukapa’s arrangement. Credits
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