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Just as I Am Without One Plea Recorder Notes with Fingerings

Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder, with the words under each note. Starts D E F♯ F♯ A G.

Key
D major
Range
D4–D5
Length
40 notes
Melody
1849, public domain

The notes and words

Key: D major (the original key).

DJustEF♯asF♯IAam,GF♯wi-EthoutF♯GoneF♯plea,

AButAthatEF♯ThyGbloodBwasBshedAforF♯me,

DAndEF♯thatF♯ThouAbid-GdestF♯meBcomeBtoDThee,

C♯BOALambAofAGod,GF♯IEcome,AIF♯come.

Baroque (English) fingering: filled = covered, open = open, half = cover the small hole only. Chart from the American Recorder Society.
  • Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
  • Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
  • Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
  • Bcovered: thumb, 1
  • C♯covered: 1, 2
  • Dcovered: 2
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Staff notation

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About this song

Melody
Tune WOODWORTH, William Batchelder Bradbury, 1849
Words
Charlotte Elliott (1789–1871), 1835 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
Public domain
Melody 1849, words 1835: first published before 1931.
Source
Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys

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