Blest Be the Tie That Binds: notes for 8 instruments
“Blest be the tie that binds…” 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 · G majorD4–E5 Medium
- KalimbaTabs · C majorG4–A5 Medium
- RecorderLetters · G majorD4–E5 Medium
- FluteLetters · C majorG4–A5 Medium
- ViolinLetters · C majorG4–A5 Medium
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)G3–A4 Medium
- TrumpetValves · F major (written)C4–D5 Medium
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)D4–E5 Medium
Not on bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune DENNIS, Hans Georg Nägeli, 1828
- Words
- John Fawcett (1740–1817), 1782 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1828, words 1782: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys