O Little Town of Bethlehem: notes for 7 instruments
“O little town of Bethlehem…” 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 majorC4–D5 Harder
- RecorderLetters · F majorC4–D5 Harder
- FluteLetters · C majorG4–A5 Harder
- ViolinLetters · D majorA4–B5 Harder
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)G3–A4 Harder
- TrumpetValves · F major (written)C4–D5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)D4–E5 Harder
Not on kalimba, bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune ST. LOUIS, Lewis Henry Redner, 1868
- Words
- Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), 1867 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1868, words 1867: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys