Aberystwyth (Welsh hymn tune)

Joseph Parry · Level 3 (Late beginner) · traditional · Piano

A hymn tune in D minor composed by the Welshman Joseph Parry (1879), sung to “Jesu, Lover of My Soul”. A broad, solemn line. An easy arrangement in A minor: the right hand plays the tune, the left hand holds open fifths (root and fifth of each chord).

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Work in four-bar phrases, hands separately then together. Keep the left hand softer than the tune: let the right hand sing.

Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après la mélodie de Joseph Parry (1879) · Public Domain