Joy to the World

Christmas Carol in D Major / Beginner

Santa Claus made a guest appearance to teach this tune. It’s a great melody to learn any time of year. It’s a great way way to practice transposition because it exactly covers the range of a major scale. Learn more in this lesson: Joy To The World of Transposition!

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Preparation

Warm up with the D Major scale. Use a D drone track:

Or D Major Scale play along track:

A part, first quarter

First quarter: A3-2-1-0-D3-2-1-0-A0-1-1-2-2-3

A part, second quarter

Second quarter: (A3)-3-2-1-0-0-D3-2-A3-3-2-1-0-0-D3-2

A part, third quarter

Third quarter: (D2)-2-2-2-2-3-A0-D3-2-1-1-1-1-2-3

A part, fourth quarter

Warmup

D0-0-A3-3

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Fourth quarter: (D2-1)-0-A3-1-0-D3-2-3-2-1-0

Full Tabs, Audio & Sheet Music

First quarter: A3-2-1-0-D3-2-1-0-A0-1-1-2-2-3

Second quarter: (A3)-3-2-1-0-0-D3-2-A3-3-2-1-0-0-D3-2

Third quarter: (D2)-2-2-2-2-3-A0-D3-2-1-1-1-1-2-3

Fourth quarter: (D2-1)-0-A3-1-0-D3-2-3-2-1-0

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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.

Continue on to Intervals Exercises 4 >>

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3 responses to “Joy to the World”

  1. In the section that says “Full Tabs, Audio & Sheet Music” the sheet music is missing. I would love a copy of the sheet music if possible! (The sheet music is easier for me to practice than the tabs)

    1. Thanks for reaching out Rachel, I somehow do see the sheet music and pdf link on this page. Here is the pdf link in case it’s helpful: https://media.fiddlehed.com/2017/01/Joy-the-World.pdf
      Maybe clearing caches/cookies on web browser, updating browser and device software, or opening a private/incognito window could help. Please let us know if you experience this with more pages, and we can help get to the bottom of it 🙂