Estimated reading time 3 minutes
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Sing Silent Night #1: Lots of Options
Do you want to sing Silent Night? In this post, you’ll get: 1) three videos (The Original Version, The German Version, and The Temptations Version), 2) the Silent Night full lyrics, and 3) easy-to-read shape note sheet music with a sing along song track. Keep reading Silent Night: Videos, Lyrics, and More to get the music and the words.
This article uses musical terms. For definitions, see the Glossary at the end of the post.
Sing Silent Night #2: What Version Do You Want to Sing?
I’ve provided three versions of Silent Night Holy Night for your viewing pleasure:
- The Original Version
- The German Version
- The Temptations Version
Video: The Original Silent Night
Video: The German Silent Night
Video: Silent Night by The Temptations
Sing Silent Night #3: Do You Want the Complete Lyrics?
Here are the lyrics for Silent Night: Videos, Lyrics, and More. They come from a carol book published in 1917.
Verse 1:
Silent night holy night
All is calm all is bright
Round Thy children Father on high
Beams the light of Thy starry sky
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Verse 2:
Silent night holy night
Shepherds pray at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Golden beams from the eastern star
Come the glorious morn
Come the glorious morn
Verse 3:
Silent night holy night
God on high love’s pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Peace and heavenly love
Peace and heavenly love
Sing Silent Night #4: The Sheet Music
The melody we’re going to be using for Sing Silent Night with Shape Note Solfege comes from a 1916 organ arrangement.
Never done shape note singing before? This post will give you a good overview:
Also, Silent Night Holy Night uses the 6-8 time signature. For a review:
Mobile users: for best results reading the music, tilt your screen 90o to the right.
Silent Night Holy Night Sing Along Song Track:
The sing along song track uses synthetic voices rather than actual voices. Research has shown that this will help with the ability to identify and produce absolute pitch information. For more information:
Sing Silent Night #5: Final Thoughts
This post gives you three options for working with Silent Night:
- You can sing along with the Silent Night videos (the original, German, or Temptations versions).
- Alternatively, you can learn the lyrics to Silent Night.
- Or you can work with the easy-to-read shape note notation.
Most importantly, have some fun!
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