Carol of the Bells

Peter Wilhousky/Mykola Leontovych. Lyrics below.

Hark! how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, "Throw cares away."
Christmas is here bringing good cheer
To young and old, meek and the bold.

Ding, dong, ding, dong. That is their song,
With joyful ring, all caroling.
One seems to hear words of good cheer,
From ev'rywhere filling the air.

O, how they pound, raising the sound,
O'er hill and dale, telling their tale.
Gaily they ring while people sing
Song of good cheer, Christmas is here!

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas.
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas.
On, on they send, on without end
Their joyful tone to ev'ry home.


Hear now the bells, bright as they tell,
With ev'ry note, tidings of hope.
Cast off all fear. Christ shall appear.
His triumph love, grace of the dove.

Come one and all, cheer fills the hall.
Make joyful noise, girls and the boys.
Sweet melody, clear harmony.
Bells guide the way, tell what to say.

Christmas has come. Rise with the sun,
Wonder and sing, hearing bells ring.
Lovely they echo, sharp through the meadow
Song that they chime, 'tis Christmas time.

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas.
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas.
Peace, love and cheer, bells make us hear.
Never they fade, through night and day.

Ding, dong, ding, dong.

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[SceneQueen182]

You're a little creepy but I like the sheet music :)

[ebgineer]

@SceneQueen182 Haha, glad you liked it. Was it the sensation of seeing 4 people singing together who are all the same person that creeped you out?

[THSChoir]

Woof, the soprano part needs work...he's flat constantly.

[ebgineer]

@THSChoir The other three guys were mostly on pitch. I'll have to tell the soprano guy to shape up or ship out.

[AyriannahOllivandra]

I like how you didn't try to sing way out of your range like most others do- guys trying to sing the soprano part in falsetto are enough to make my ears bleed. this was a nice, purely low note version of the song. well done!

[ebgineer]

@AyriannahOllivandra Thanks, very glad you enjoyed it! Also happy to avoid ear bleeding whenever possible. Not "way out" of my range is quite precisely right. The highest note or two are only slightly out of my range :) My method is to transpose to a key where I can just reach the lowest notes in the bass part. Then I adjust the octaves of the other parts if necessary to get them in my range.

[247videos247]

mabye with a little more energy and faster but other than that very good

[veryhappyandloved]

I think this is a good way for most musicians to learn all parts at once. I for one have perfect pitch and you were not flat for the soprano part because this song is however in flats not sharps so naturally you need to flat out your voice if you know what I am saying!? Try doing a more difficult song like Hodie, Christus Natus Est in five part harmony that is just like this then you would be able to understand that you can do anything in music.

[RockStarMama82]

I appreciate seeing the notes next to each singer! It helps when trying to learn all the parts at once!

[MsRockme12]

Im te guy in da cristmas at :D Well wut i mean by tat is im an Alto in coir -And im missing te key were te letters are missing

[401fallenangel]

Needs a bit work on soprano but other than that I like it :)

[mileygal102]

Ur flat on the soprano part

[Tooktabella]

That was great! Thank you