A Few More Years Shall Roll
by Lowell Mason (1792–1872) · Romantic · Beginner
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner · Level 1 | 1 of 5 | G major | 0:47 |
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 0:47 of A Few More Years Shall Roll in the PianoKite app: every version, both hands or one at a time, Wait mode on every bar, play-along at 50, 75 or 100% and per-bar feedback. Get early access.
- Era
- Romantic (1830–1910)
- Mood
- Calm · slow and peaceful
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Written by Lowell Mason (1792–1872), A Few More Years Shall Roll is slow and peaceful, in the Romantic style. The version here is level 1 of 5 (beginner), in G major and about 0:47 long. In the app's library you'll also find it in the Hymns collection.
About Lowell Mason (1792–1872): American hymn composer and music educator; his tunes include Bethany (Nearer, My God, to Thee).
How to play A Few More Years Shall Roll on piano
- Find your starting position before you play: look at the first notes on the falling-notes player and place your hand over them, one finger per key.
- Start in Wait mode: the music waits until you press the right key, so you can learn the notes without worrying about speed.
- Practise the right hand alone first. If there's a left-hand part, let the app play it while you learn the melody, then swap.
- Hymns are written in four parts. Play the melody and the bass line first, then add the inner voices, and hold each chord for its full value.
- Short daily sessions beat one long weekly one. Ten focused minutes a day is enough to make steady progress.
In the PianoKite app you can learn it with your own digital piano over Bluetooth or USB, or with any piano through the microphone: the score scrolls past a playhead, the keys light up, and every bar gets a score so you can see what's learned. See how it works. New to the piano? Start with the beginner lessons. Get early access.
License and credits
Arranged by a MuseScore user, from the PDMX dataset. License: Public Domain. Source: MuseScore.
Both the composition and the source file are in the public domain.
PDMX files come from the PDMX dataset (Long et al., 2024, CC BY 4.0).
Text events such as lyrics were removed; the notes are as published. The player on this page plays the first 20 seconds.
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