Deep River

  • Sustain ties without a second attack.
  • Support the middle section’s wider range.

Composer: Traditional; named historical reading below

Original: Burleigh 1917 medium-voice arrangement; D-flat major; Ricordi 116040, pp. 3–5

Prepare semiquavers in Lesson 25 and the upper register in Lesson 31.

Notes Used: C4, D4, F4, G4, A4, Bb4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5, A5

Notes Used: F4, G4, Bb4, C5, D5, Eb5, F5, G5, A5, Bb5, C6, D6

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: F major

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: Bb major

Fingering Review

Published reading

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Practice exercises

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Traditional; arranged by H. T. Burleigh. Ricordi (1917), plate 116040; public domain.

Performance Goal: Count through the two silent opening bars and complete every phrase.