The Old Rugged Cross: notes for 6 instruments
“On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · C majorE4–F5 Harder
- RecorderLetters · B♭ majorD4–E♭5 Harder
- FluteLetters · C majorE4–F5 Harder
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)E3–F4 Harder
- TrumpetValves · C major (written)E4–F5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · C major (written)E4–F5 Harder
Not on kalimba, violin, bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem
of suff'ring and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest
and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. So I'll
cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune THE OLD RUGGED CROSS, George Bennard, 1913
- Words
- George Bennard (1873–1958), 1913 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1913, words 1913: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys