Learn to Play Recorder

Joy to the World

  • Play the complete hymn melody with a steady 2/4 pulse.
  • Keep the dotted rhythms clear through the final octave leap.

Composer: ANTIOCH, adapted by Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Published: The Lutheran Hymnary (Augsburg, 1913), No. 201, p. 206; public domain. Three pairs of short printed bars joined; harmony and phrasing slurs omitted.

Original: Source D major transposes uniformly down M2 to C major for soprano; alto reads F major.

Notes Used: C4, D4, E4, F4, G4, A4, B4, C5

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

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: C Major

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: F Major

Fingering Review

Play

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Performance Goal: The opening scale and returning phrases keep the same pulse, and the final octave leap speaks cleanly.