Bells & Xylophone Medium

From Heaven Above to Earth I Come Xylophone Notes

Letters and boomwhacker colors for bells, xylophone or boomwhackers, with the words under each note. Starts C′ B A B G A.

Key
C major
Range
C4–C5
Length
33 notes
Melody
1539, public domain

The notes and words

Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a C major set.

C′FromBHeavenAa-BboveGtoAearthBIC′come,

C′ToC′bearGgoodGnewsEtoGev-FeryEhome;

EGladAti-AdingsGofBgreatC′joyAIGbring,

C′Where-BofAIGnowGwillFsayEDandCsing.

Boomwhacker colors (C major set), always with the letter. Maker’s color list.
  • Cred
  • Dorange
  • Eyellow
  • Flight green
  • Gaqua
  • Aviolet
  • Bfuchsia
  • C′ (high)red
70%

Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s bells sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes

About this song

Melody
Tune VOM HIMMEL HOCH, from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder (Leipzig, 1539), 1539
Words
Martin Luther (1483–1546), translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1855 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
Public domain
Melody 1539, words 1855: first published before 1931.
Source
Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys

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