Ode To Joy

Classical Melody in D Major

Overview

Here is a simple version of this timeless melody from Beethoven’s 9th symphony. It’s a great opportunity for a beginner to play something really good! Listen to the play along track to get the structure of the arrangement.

Ode To Joy

This is a traditional tutorial on the tune. If you want an extra challenge, learn the tune with the call-and-response lessons below. If you choose the traditional tutorial, you can always take the call-and-response lessons later (for further practice).

Ode To Joy Call-And-Response Lessons

Learn the tune through old-school call-and-response. I’ll play something, then leave you a space to play it back. Use these lessons to learn, improve or review the tune. I encourage you to struggle a bit with learning this by ear before referring to the music.


Learning chunks

I made these learning chunks to help you learn each section of this melody. These small steps lead to small wins!

 

A Part, First Half

Warm-up:

D0-1-2-3

D3-3-A0-0

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First half: D2-2-3-A0-0-D3-2-1-D0-0-1-2-2-1-1

 

A Part, Second Half

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B part

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Fiddle Version!

I arranged this melody as a fiddle tune. I added fun string crossing, double stops, slides and polyrhythms.

If you’re a beginner, I suggest you focus on playing the basic melody with a good sound and flow. Then, return to this melody after you’ve learned variation techniques and add fiddle with it.

Ode To Joy – Full Tabs, Audio & Sheet Music

A part

First half: D2-2-3-A0-0-D3-2-1-D0-0-1-2-2-1-1

Second half: D2-2-3-A0-0-D3-2-1-D0-0-1-2-1-0-0

B part

First half: D1-1-2-0-1-2-3-2-0

Second half: D1-2-3-2-1-0-1-G1-D2

Full audio

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Sheet music video

Learn to intuitively read sheet music with this animated video. If you’re an absolute beginner, then I suggest you don’t worry about fo it for the moment.

This is here for continuing students who want to learn about sheet music. It’s part of the Note-Reading For Fiddlers course.

Further learning

How to Practice With a Drone

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