Deck the Halls — Nos Calan

  • Play the complete sixteen-bar air.
  • Distinguish B-natural in the bridge from B-flatE-natural in the bridge from E-flat elsewhere.

Composer: Traditional Welsh melody.

Source: Hadow, Songs of the British Islands, sixth edition revised, copyright 1903; no. 20, p. 20; public domain.

Original: E-flat major up M2: soprano F major, E4–F5; native alto B-flat major, A4–B-flat5.

Prepare upper notes and accidentals through Lesson 18.

Notes Used: E4, F4, G4, A4, Bb4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5

Notes Used: A4, Bb4, C5, D5, Eb5, E5, F5, G5, A5, Bb5

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: F major

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: Bb major

Fingering Review

Play

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Performance Goal: The bridge sounds clear, and the final phrase restores B-flatE-flat.