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Robert Williams (1782–1818)

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise

Hymn tune Llanfair (1817), also sung to Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 flat
Time
4/4
Length
16 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 Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
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 written234 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand174 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots76 notes
  • Right-hand melody60 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 C4 to D5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from F2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, 10ths, octaves, 4ths, 6ths, 2nds (steps)
  • Chords: triads
  • 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 public domain: Robert Williams died in 1818. Credits