JOY TO THE WORLD
Time signature (tempo is 2/4; written here as 4/8 for ease of reading) Lyrics-Isaac Watts
Tempo: ~100 bpm Music (in part)-Handel, Adapted by Lowell Mason
Verse 1 of 4:
:6 ;6* "5* | .:5 .4* | :4 :3* | .:3
Joy to the world! the Lord is come; /
.5 | .:5* .5* | .:6* .6* | ::6~ | ~.:
Let earth re - ceive her King; /
.6 | .6 .6* .5* .5 | ;5 "4* .4 .6 | .6 .6* .5* .5 | ;5 "4* .4
Let ev - ery heart pre - pare him room, /
.4 | .4 .4 .4 "4 "4* | .:5
And heav'n and na - ture sing,
"4* "4 | .3* .3* .3* "3* "4 | .:4*
And heav'n and na - ture sing,
"4 "3* | .3 :6 .5* | ;5 "4* .4 .4* | :4 :3* | ::3 |
And hea'v'n, and heav'n, and na - ture sing. /
:6 ;6* "5* | .:5 .4* | :4 :3* | .:3
Joy to the world! the Lord is come; /
.5 | .:5* .5* | .:6* .6* | ::6~ | ~.:
Let earth re - ceive her King; /
.6 | .6 .6* .5* .5 | ;5 "4* .4 .6 | .6 .6* .5* .5 | ;5 "4* .4
Let ev - ery heart pre - pare him room, /
.4 | .4 .4 .4 "4 "4* | .:5
And heav'n and na - ture sing,
"4* "4 | .3* .3* .3* "3* "4 | .:4*
And heav'n and na - ture sing,
"4 "3* | .3 :6 .5* | ;5 "4* .4 .4* | :4 :3* | ::3 |
And hea'v'n, and heav'n, and na - ture sing. /
Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Key: C (from 22 s mark to the 72 s
mark; then there is a change) Tempo: ~100 bpm Music by: Smelne Brass Quintet |
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Key: D
Tempo: ~113 bpm Posted by Scott Bellinger |
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Key: D (From 0 to the 65 s mark; then
it changes.) Tempo: ~102 bpm Singer: Jim Nabors Posted by: Denise |
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Key: D (From 0 to 90 s mark;
after that it gets "jazzed" up a bit. Tempo: ~100 bpm Gaither Show |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~91 bpm Blake Russell |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~91 bpm Posted by: Union Creative "Joy to the World" is the theme throughout, with variations around "Peace on Earth". |
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Key: G (?)
Tempo: 52 bpm Guitar: Shaan Sahotra Plays only one verse, slowly. |
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Lyrics:
Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders, of His love. |
Composition:
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