X:1
T:Joy to the World (Octaves)
C:Lowell Mason
S:Melody compared with mfiles main-instrument score, page 1
F:https://www.mfiles.co.uk/scores/joy-to-the-world-main.pdf
N:One complete verse. Source 2/4 note values doubled into 4/4 for easier reading.
N:PlaySheet held-octave accompaniment; not the publisher's piano arrangement.
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=88
K:D
%%score {1 | 2}
V:1 clef=treble name="Melody"
V:2 clef=bass name="Left hand"
[V:1] !mp!d2 c>B | A3 G | F2 E2 | D3 A |
[V:2] !p![D,,D,]4 | [A,,A,]3 [G,,G,] | [D,,D,]2 [A,,A,]2 | [D,,D,]4 |
[V:1] B3 B | c3 c | d3 d | d c B A |
[V:2] [G,,G,]4 | [A,,A,]4 | [D,,D,]4 | [D,,D,]2 [G,,G,]2 |
[V:1] A>G F d | d c B A | A>G F F |
[V:2] [D,,D,]4 | [D,,D,]2 [G,,G,]2 | [D,,D,]4 |
[V:1] F F F G/A/ | G3 F/E/ | E E E F/G/ | F3 E/D/ |
[V:2] [D,,D,]4 | [G,,G,]3 [A,,A,] | [A,,A,]4 | [D,,D,]3 [A,,A,] |
[V:1] D d2 B | A>G F G | F2 E2 | D4 |]
[V:2] [D,,D,]3 [G,,G,] | [D,,D,]3 [G,,G,] | [D,,D,]2 [A,,A,]2 | [D,,D,]4 |]
W:Joy to the world! The Lord is come; let earth receive her King!
W:Let every heart prepare Him room, and heaven and nature sing,
W:and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
W:Words by Isaac Watts. Lyrics shown separately, not forced onto melismatic notes.