Clefsight No keyboard

Traditional

The Spirit of God

Hymn tune Bellows Falls, two parts

In Hymns

Level
2 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
4/4
Length
25 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 The Spirit of God
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 written154 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots107 notes
  • Right-hand melody82 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 E4 to F5
  • Bass clef from C3 to C4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms

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Score typeset by David Bolton for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is a traditional tune. Credits