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All Creatures of Our God and King Recorder Notes

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

Key
D major
Range
D4–D5
Length
60 notes
Melody
1623, public domain

The notes and words

Key: D major (the original key).

DAllDcrea-EturesF♯ofDourF♯GodGandAKingDLiftDupEyourF♯voiceDandF♯withGusAsing,

DA-C♯lle-Blu-Aia!DA-C♯lle-Blu-Aia!

DThouDburn-AingAsunGwithF♯gol-GdenAbeam,

DThouDsil-AverAmoonGwithF♯soft-GerAgleam!

GOF♯EpraiseDHim!

GOF♯EpraiseDHim!DA-C♯lle-Blu-Aia!

DA-C♯lle-Blu-Aia!GA-F♯lle-Elu-Dia!

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
70%

Staff notation

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About this song

Melody
Tune LASST UNS ERFREUEN, from Geistliche Kirchengesäng (Köln, 1623), 1623
Words
Francis of Assisi (?–1226), translated by William Henry Draper, 1919 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
Public domain
Melody 1623, words 1919: first published before 1931.
Source
Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys

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