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John Wyeth (1770–1858)

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Hymn tune Nettleton (1813)

In Hymns

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
2 sharps
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 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
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 written232 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand181 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots80 notes
  • Right-hand melody63 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: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
  • Intervals: 5ths, octaves, 6ths, 7ths, 10ths, 4ths
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds

What stands between you and this piece

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Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: John Wyeth died in 1858. Credits