Joy To The World

Music: George Frederic Handel
Lyrics: Isaac Watts

The opening phrase of this Christmas hymn is a descending Major scale. In other words, it is the do-re-mi scale backwards. The duration of notes in this phrase vary. But if you were to play these notes more evenly, you would easily hear this Major scale.

I have included two related posts for Joy To The World, one for guitar and one for ukulele, and both in the key of C. That means if you have a friend or family member who plays ukulele, you can play a duet of Joy To The World. One person can play the melody and the other the chords. You can repeat a second verse and switch who plays the chord and melody parts. Your duet could also be two guitars or two ukuleles.

Merry Christmas

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