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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Recorder Notes with Fingerings

Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder, with the words under each note. Starts E G B B B A.

Key
G major
Range
D4–D5
Length
59 notes
Melody
1500, public domain

The notes and words

Key: G major (the original key).

EOGcome,BOBcome,BEm-Aman-CBAu-Gel,

AAndBran-GsomEcap-GtiveAIs-F♯EDra-Eel,

AThatAmournsEinElone-F♯lyGe-F♯ExileDhereGUn-AtilBtheBSonBofAGodCBAap-Gpear.

DRe-Djoice!BRe-Bjoice!BEm-Aman-CBAu-GelAshallBcomeGtoEthee,

GOAI-F♯EDsra-Eel.

Baroque (English) fingering: filled = covered, open = open, half = cover the small hole only. Chart from the American Recorder Society.
  • Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
  • Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
  • Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
  • Bcovered: thumb, 1
  • Ccovered: thumb, 2
  • Dcovered: 2
70%

Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s recorder sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes

About this song

Melody
Tune VENI EMMANUEL, 15th-century French processional, 1500
Words
Latin antiphons, 12th century, translated by John Mason Neale, 1851 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
Public domain
Melody 1500, words 1851: first published before 1931.
Source
Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys

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