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To Shepherds As They Watched By Night Piano Letter Notes

Letters and numbers for piano, with the words under each note. Starts C B A B G A B C.

Key
C major
Range
C4–C5
Length
33 notes
Melody
1539, public domain

The notes and words

Key: C major.

C1̇ToB7shep-A6herdsB7asG5theyA6watchedB7byC1̇nightC1̇Ap-C1̇pearedG5aG5hostE3ofG5an-F4gelsE3bright;

E3Be-A6holdA6theG5ten-B7derC1̇Babe,

A6theyG5said,C1̇InB7yon-A6derG5low-G5lyF4man-E3D2gerC1laid.

Numbers: 1 = C, 2 = D … 7 = B. A dot above means the octave above middle C, a dot below the octave below.
  • 1C4 (middle C)
  • 2D4
  • 3E4
  • 4F4
  • 5G4
  • 6A4
  • 7B4
  • 1̇C5
70%

Staff notation

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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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