God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: notes for 8 instruments
“God rest ye merry, gentlemen…” 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)
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day;
To save us all from Satan's pow'r when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy; O tidings of comfort and joy.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN, Traditional English, 1918
- Words
- Traditional English carol, 1918 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1918, words 1918: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys