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Introduction
Do you want to sing Silent Night? In this post, you’ll get the essentials: 1) three videos, 2) the full lyrics, and 3) easy-to-read shape note sheet music with a sing along song track. Keep reading The Beautiful Silent Night Carol [Videos] to learn more.
This article uses musical terms. For definitions, see the Glossary at the end of the post.
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The Beautiful Silent Night Carol: What Version of the Song Do You Want?
I’ve provided three versions of the song for your viewing pleasure:
- The Original Version
- The German Version
- The Temptations Version
Video: The Original Version
Video: The German Version
Video: The Temptations Version
The Beautiful Silent Night Carol: Do You Want the Complete Lyrics?
Here are the Silent Night lyrics. 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
The Beautiful Silent Night Carol: Do You Want Easy-to-Read Sheet Music?
The melody we’re going to be using comes from a 1916 organ arrangement.
Never read shape notes before? This post will give you a good overview:
Also, the song uses the 6-8 time signature. For a review:
Mobile users: for best results reading the music, tilt your screen 90o to the right.
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:
The Beautiful Silent Night Carol: Final Thoughts
This post gives you three options for working with Silent Night:
- You can follow along with the videos.
- Alternatively, you can learn the Silent Night lyrics.
- Or you can work with the easy-to-read shape note notation.
Have fun singing!
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