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Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)

Traditional German carol

The old German carol, in four voices: its melody first circles around a single note, which leaves all your attention for the chords.

F major · 4/4 · 60 beats per minute · 17 bars · 1 min 10 · beginner level

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The form

The sections of the piece and their chords: the map you learn before playing a single note.

A B Coda

SectionBarsChordsPhrase ending
A 1–8 F · C · Dm · B♭ · Fmaj7 · Dsus4 · F/A · C/G · F · F/B♭ · C · Dm
I · V · vi · IV · Imaj7 · VIsus4 · I · V · I · I · V · vi		 Interrupted cadence
B 9–16 B♭ · Fmaj7 · Dsus4 · F/C · C/G · F · F/A · G · C/E · Csus4 · B♭maj7 · C · D · Gm · B♭maj7/A
IV · Imaj7 · VIsus4 · I · V · I · I · V/V · V · Vsus4 · IVmaj7 · V · V/ii · ii · IVmaj7		 —
Coda 17–17 F/C
I		 —

The key

F major
1 flat in the key signature: B♭
Scale
F · G · A · B♭ · C · D · E
Pillar chords
I = F · IV = B♭ · V7 = C7

The tricky passages

  • Bar 13: a melodic leap (octave)

The plan: 9 days

Half an hour a day. First I help you understand the map of the piece, then we lay down the chord framework, learn each section phrase by phrase, work on the tricky passages, put it together and bring it up to tempo, until you can play it from memory.

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