Public-domain song
Joy to the World
- Key signature
- 2 sharps: F♯, C♯
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Origin
- The hymn tune "Antioch", published by Lowell Mason in 1839.
Public domain: by Lowell Mason, who died in 1872; first published in 1839.
Written out here note by note as a melody only: no lyrics and no accompaniment.
The two parts
Part 1
The phrase people know, short enough to learn in a sitting.
- Length
- 7 bars, 14 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 84
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Range
- D4 to D5
- Note values
- whole notes, dotted half notes, half notes, dotted quarter notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Part 2: the complete song
The whole tune: its melody once through to its end, without the repeats a performance would add.
- Length
- 20 bars, 57 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 96
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Range
- D4 to D5
- Note values
- whole notes, dotted half notes, half notes, dotted quarter notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Earn a star on the first part to open the complete song.
Lessons that use this song
Each of these lessons opens the first part.