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How Firm a Foundation sheet music

Sheet music for How Firm a Foundation (The American folk tune FOUNDATION was printed in Joseph Funk's Genuine Church Music in 1832; John Rippon published the words in 1787). Every arrangement below is a free PDF with its MIDI file.

English name
How Firm a Foundation
Original name
How Firm a Foundation
Year
1832
Composer
Traditional
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How Firm a Foundation piano sheet music

A pentatonic shape-note tune with wide, open harmonies and a rolling triple metre. The intermediate setting keeps the bare fifths that give the tune its early-American sound — it can feel sparse under the hand until you stop trying to fill it in.