Angels We Have Heard on High: notes for 9 instruments
“Angels we have heard on high…” 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
- KalimbaTabs · G majorD4–E5 Medium
- RecorderLetters · F majorC4–D5 Harder
- FluteLetters · C majorG4–A5 Medium
- ViolinLetters · C majorG4–A5 Medium
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)G3–A4 Medium
- TrumpetValves · F major (written)C4–D5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)D4–E5 Harder
- HarmonicaTabs · C majorG4–A5 Medium
Not on bells & xylophone: no key keeps every note on that instrument without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
About this song
- Melody
- Tune GLORIA, Traditional French, 1916
- Words
- Traditional French carol, translated by James Chadwick, 1862 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1916, words 1862: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys