How Can I Keep From Singing? Xylophone Notes with Letters
Letters and boomwhacker colors for bells, xylophone or boomwhackers, with the words under each note. Starts C F G A F G.
The notes and words
Key: F major, white keys only, so every note is on a C major set.
CMyFlifeGflowsAonFinGend-FlessDsong;
CA-FboveAearth'sC′la-Amen-Ata-Gtion.
CIFcatchGtheAsweet,FthoughGfar-FoffDhymnDthatChailsFaAnewGcre-Ga-Ftion;
AThroughC′allC′theC′tu-AmultGandAtheFstrife,
GIAhearAthatAmu-GsicAring-C′ing;
AItC′findsC′anC′e-AchoFinDmyCsoul...
CHowFcanGIAkeepGfromGsing-Fing?
- Cred
- Dorange
- Flight green
- Gaqua
- Aviolet
- 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 HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING, Robert Lowry, 1869
- Words
- F. J. Hartley and Robert Lowry and anonymous, 1869 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1869, words 1869: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys
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