Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Hymn tune Carol (1850)
In Hymns
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- 2 flats
- Time
- 6/8
- 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 written250 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand194 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots88 notes
- Right-hand melody71 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from D4 to D5
- Bass clef from A2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 6ths, 5ths, octaves, 7ths, 4ths, 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 public domain: Richard Storrs Willis died in 1900. Credits