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He Shall Feed His Flock (Messiah)

by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) · Baroque · Easy

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VersionLevelKeyLength
Easy · Level 22 of 5F major0:53

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Era
Baroque (1600–1750)
Mood
Calm · slow and peaceful
Versions
1

About this piece

He Shall Feed His Flock (Messiah) is a calm Baroque piece by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). It is rated level 2 of 5, easy, and takes about 0:53 to play in F major.

About George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): German-born Baroque composer who made his career in London. Best known for Messiah, he also wrote keyboard suites, sonatinas and dances that work well on the piano.

How to play He Shall Feed His Flock (Messiah) on piano

  1. Learn each hand on its own before putting them together. In the app, choose Left or Right and the other hand plays for you, so you still hear the whole piece.
  2. Use Wait mode for the first few runs, then play along at 50% speed with the count-in.
  3. Work in short sections of four to eight bars rather than always starting from the top.
  4. 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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