I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day: notes for 6 instruments
“I heard the bells on Christmas day…” 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 · F majorE4–F5 Harder
- RecorderLetters · D majorC♯4–D5 Harder
- FluteLetters · C majorB4–C6 Harder
- ClarinetLetters · G major (written)F♯3–G4 Harder
- TrumpetValves · D major (written)C♯4–D5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · F major (written)E4–F5 Harder
Not on kalimba, violin, bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
I heard the bells on Christmas day Their
old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet
the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune WALTHAM (CALKIN), John Baptiste Calkin, 1872
- Words
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), 1864 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1872, words 1864: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys