50 easy Christmas carols: sheet music for recorder, trumpet, violin, sax and any instrument
Christmas carols from Spain and around the world in the simplest keys, C major or A minor: the same PDF works for recorder, violin, trumpet, clarinet or sax.
The 50 carols in the book, by country
Every carol is in a single key, C major or A minor, with no sharps or flats in the key signature (some carry an occasional accidental, and the second part of “A la nanita nana” moves to A major), and within two octaves, C4 to C6. In the PDF, next to each title you will find its country and range.
- Spain and the Spanish-speaking world · 1925 de Diciembre · A Belén, pastores · A la nanita nana · Alegría, alegría · Arre, borriquito · Ay del Chiquirritín · Campana sobre campana · Dime, Niño · El noi de la mare · Gabriel’s Message · Hacia Belén va una burra · La Marimorena · Los campanilleros · Los peces en el río · Pastores, venid · Una pandereta suena · Vamos, pastores, vamos · Ya viene la vieja · Ya vienen los Reyes Magos
- Europe · 15All My Heart This Night Rejoices · As With Gladness Men of Old · Carol of the Bells · Corde natus ex Parentis · Es ist ein Ros entsprungen · Gloria (Angels We Have Heard on High) · Good King Wenceslas · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing · Narodil se Kristus Pán · Ode to Joy · Puer nobis nascitur · Quem pastores laudavere · Silent Night · Veni, veni, Emmanuel · Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
- United Kingdom · 9Adeste Fideles · Angels from the Realms of Glory · Deck the Halls · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen · Greensleeves · I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day · See Amid the Winter’s Snow · The First Noel · We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- United States and Canada · 7Away in a Manger · Huron Carol · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear · Jingle Bells · Joy to the World · O Little Town of Bethlehem · We Three Kings
For your instrument
Christmas carols from around the world, equally easy to read
This collection brings together carols from Spain, Catalonia, the Basque Country, Germany, France, England, the United States, Canada and other countries: the classics, such as Silent Night, Jingle Bells or Joy to the World, and old melodies such as Adeste Fideles or Greensleeves.
They are written in C major or A minor so that they are equally easy to read whatever instrument you play. The PDF includes an index by region, a page with the repeat signs (D.C., D.S., endings) and a link to the player to practice them with audio.
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Which instruments can play them
Treble clef, concert pitch: recorder, flute, violin, oboe, voice and the right hand of the piano. Treble clef, same notes: trumpet, clarinet and saxophone. Bass clef: trombone, euphonium, tuba, cello, bassoon and the left hand of the piano.
Where the melodies come from
They are traditional melodies or the work of authors who died long ago, such as Gruber, Mendelssohn or Beethoven. Several scores come from the Open Hymnal Project, in the public domain. If you hold the rights to a melody and prefer it not to appear, write to info@clavedemi.com and it will be removed.
Play the carols in the key of your instrument