O Holy Night: notes for 7 instruments
“O holy night! the stars are brightly shining…” 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 majorC4–E5 Harder
- RecorderLetters · C majorC4–E5 Harder
- FluteLetters · F majorF4–A5 Harder
- ViolinLetters · C majorC4–E5 Harder
- ClarinetLetters · F major (written)F3–A4 Harder
- TrumpetValves · C major (written)C4–E5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · D major (written)D4–F♯5 Harder
Not on kalimba, bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
O holy night! the stars are brightly shining, It is the
night of the dear Saviour's birth; Long lay the
world in sin and error pining, Till He ap-
peared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the
weary soul rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn;
Fall on your knees, Oh, hear the angel voices! O
night divine, O night when Christ was born! O
night, O holy night, O night divine!
About this song
- Melody
- Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), 1847
- Words
- John Sullivan Dwight (after Placide Cappeau) (1813–1893), 1855 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1847, words 1855: first published before 1931.
- Source
- The Gray Book of Favorite Songs (Hall & McCreary, 1919), pp. 54–56, “Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)” (1919)