It Came Upon a Midnight Clear: notes for 7 instruments
“It came upon the midnight clear…” 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 · C majorE4–E5 Harder
- RecorderLetters · B♭ majorD4–D5 Harder
- FluteLetters · C majorE4–E5 Harder
- ViolinLetters · F majorA4–A5 Harder
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)E3–E4 Harder
- TrumpetValves · C major (written)E4–E5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · C major (written)E4–E5 Harder
Not on kalimba, bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold;
"Peace on the earth, good will to men, From Heaven's all gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune CAROL, Richard Storrs Willis, 1861
- Words
- Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810–1876), 1849 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1861, words 1849: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys