Clefsight No keyboard

Traditional

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Hymn tune St. Denio, a Welsh melody arranged by John Roberts (1839)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
3/4
Length
17 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 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
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 written175 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand136 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots61 notes
  • Right-hand melody44 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 B3 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 10ths, octaves, 3rds played together in one hand
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

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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 John Roberts’s arrangement. Credits