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

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.