When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: notes for 9 instruments
“When I survey the wondrous cross…” 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 majorB4–F5 Easy
- KalimbaTabs · C majorB4–F5 Easy
- RecorderLetters · F majorE4–B♭4 Easy
- FluteLetters · C majorB4–F5 Easy
- ViolinLetters · C majorB4–F5 Easy
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)B3–F4 Easy
- TrumpetValves · G major (written)F♯4–C5 Easy
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)F♯4–C5 Easy
- HarmonicaTabs · C majorB4–F5 Easy
Not on bells & xylophone: no key keeps every note on that instrument without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune HAMBURG, Lowell Mason, 1824
- Words
- Isaac Watts (1674–1748), 1707 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1824, words 1707: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys