To Shepherds As They Watched By Night Xylophone Notes
Letters and boomwhacker colors for bells, xylophone or boomwhackers, with the words under each note. Starts C′ B A B G A B C′.
The notes and words
Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a C major set.
C′ToBshep-AherdsBasGtheyAwatchedBbyC′nightC′Ap-C′pearedGaGhostEofGan-FgelsEbright;
EBe-AholdAtheGten-BderC′Babe,
AtheyGsaid,C′InByon-AderGlow-GlyFman-EDgerClaid.
- Cred
- Dorange
- Eyellow
- Flight green
- Gaqua
- Aviolet
- Bfuchsia
- C′ (high)red
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s bells sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
About this song
- Melody
- Tune VOM HIMMEL HOCH, Leipzig, 1539 from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, 1539
- Words
- Martin Luther (1483–1546), translated by Richard Massie, 1854 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1539, words 1854: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys
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