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About Angels We Have Heard On High

Angels We Have Heard On High is a carol in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Carol
Key
F major · 4/4
Range
C to d · first position
Notes used
C D F G A B♭
Level
Beginner-friendly

Angels We Have Heard On High — sheet music

F major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

A A A C | C B♭ A | A G A C | A G F A A A C | C B♭ A | A G A C | A G F C d C B♭ A | B♭ C B♭ A G | A B♭ A G F | G C C F G A B♭ | A G | C d C B♭ A | B♭ C B♭ A G A B♭ A G F | G C C | F G A B♭ | A G F

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Angels We Have Heard On High — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Angels We Have Heard On High — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---------|-------|---------|-------|
A|-0-0-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0---0-3-|-0-----|
D|---------|-------|---5-----|---5-3-|
G|---------|-------|---------|-------|
E|---------|-------|---------|-------|
A|-0-0-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0---0-3-|-0-----|
D|---------|-------|---5-----|---5-3-|
G|---------|-------|---------|-------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
A|-3-5-3-1-0-|-1-3-1-0---|-0-1-0-----|-------|
D|-----------|---------5-|-------5-3-|-5-----|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|---5-5-|
E|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
A|-----0-1-|-0---|-3-5-3-1-0-|-1-3-1-0---|
D|-3-5-----|---5-|-----------|---------5-|
G|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-------|---------|-----|
A|-0-1-0-----|-------|-----0-1-|-0---|
D|-------5-3-|-5-----|-3-5-----|---5-|
G|-----------|---5-5-|---------|-----|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Angels We Have Heard On High — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---------|-------|---------|-------|
A|-0-0-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0---0-3-|-0-----|
D|---------|-------|---5-----|---5-3-|
G|---------|-------|---------|-------|
E|---------|-------|---------|-------|
A|-0-0-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0---0-3-|-0-----|
D|---------|-------|---5-----|---5-3-|
G|---------|-------|---------|-------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
A|-3-5-3-1-0-|-1-3-1-0---|-0-1-0-----|-------|
D|-----------|---------5-|-------5-3-|-5-----|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|---5-5-|
E|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
A|-----0-1-|-0---|-3-5-3-1-0-|-1-3-1-0---|
D|-3-5-----|---5-|-----------|---------5-|
G|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-------|---------|-----|
A|-0-1-0-----|-------|-----0-1-|-0---|
D|-------5-3-|-5-----|-3-5-----|---5-|
G|-----------|---5-5-|---------|-----|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Angels We Have Heard On High — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|----------|---------|----------|--------|
A|-0-0-0-L2-|-L2-L1-0-|-0---0-L2-|-0------|
D|----------|---------|---3------|---3-L2-|
G|----------|---------|----------|--------|
E|----------|---------|----------|--------|
A|-0-0-0-L2-|-L2-L1-0-|-0---0-L2-|-0------|
D|----------|---------|---3------|---3-L2-|
G|----------|---------|----------|--------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------|
A|-L2-3-L2-L1-0-|-L1-L2-L1-0---|-0-L1-0------|-------|
D|--------------|------------3-|--------3-L2-|-3-----|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|---3-3-|
E|-----------|-----|--------------|--------------|
A|------0-L1-|-0---|-L2-3-L2-L1-0-|-L1-L2-L1-0---|
D|-L2-3------|---3-|--------------|------------3-|
G|-----------|-----|--------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------|-----------|-----|
A|-0-L1-0------|-------|------0-L1-|-0---|
D|--------3-L2-|-3-----|-L2-3------|---3-|
G|-------------|---3-3-|-----------|-----|
E|----|
A|----|
D|-L2-|
G|----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Angels We Have Heard On High — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---------|-------|---------|-------|
B|-------1-|-1-----|-------1-|-------|
G|-2-2-2---|---3-2-|-2-0-2---|-2-0---|
D|---------|-------|---------|-----3-|
A|---------|-------|---------|-------|
E|---------|-------|---------|-------|
e|---------|-------|---------|-------|
B|-------1-|-1-----|-------1-|-------|
G|-2-2-2---|---3-2-|-2-0-2---|-2-0---|
D|---------|-------|---------|-----3-|
A|---------|-------|---------|-------|
E|---------|-------|---------|-------|
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
B|-1-3-1-----|---1-------|-----------|-------|
G|-------3-2-|-3---3-2-0-|-2-3-2-0---|-0-----|
D|-----------|-----------|---------3-|-------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|---3-3-|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
e|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
B|---------|-----|-1-3-1-----|---1-------|
G|---0-2-3-|-2-0-|-------3-2-|-3---3-2-0-|
D|-3-------|-----|-----------|-----------|
A|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
E|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
e|-----------|-------|---------|-----|
B|-----------|-------|---------|-----|
G|-2-3-2-0---|-0-----|---0-2-3-|-2-0-|
D|---------3-|-------|-3-------|-----|
A|-----------|---3-3-|---------|-----|
E|-----------|-------|---------|-----|
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|-3-|
A|---|
E|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Angels We Have Heard On High — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-0-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0---0-3-|-0-----|
E|---------|-------|---------|-----1-|
C|---------|-------|---------|-------|
G|---------|-------|---0-----|---0---|
A|-0-0-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0---0-3-|-0-----|
E|---------|-------|---------|-----1-|
C|---------|-------|---------|-------|
G|---------|-------|---0-----|---0---|
A|-3-5-3-1-0-|-1-3-1-0---|-0-1-0-----|-------|
E|-----------|-----------|---------1-|-------|
C|-----------|-----------|-----------|---0-0-|
G|-----------|---------0-|-------0---|-0-----|
A|-----0-1-|-0---|-3-5-3-1-0-|-1-3-1-0---|
E|-1-------|-----|-----------|-----------|
C|---------|-----|-----------|-----------|
G|---0-----|---0-|-----------|---------0-|
A|-0-1-0-----|-------|-----0-1-|-0---|
E|---------1-|-------|-1-------|-----|
C|-----------|---0-0-|---------|-----|
G|-------0---|-0-----|---0-----|---0-|
A|---|
E|-1-|
C|---|
G|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Angels We Have Heard On High chords

F major · 9 chords: F, C, F/C, Dm, Gm7, C7, B♭, C/B♭, F/A

F
C
F C F
F/C C F
F
C
F C F
F/C C F
F Dm
Gm7 C7
F B♭
C C/B♭
F/A C F B♭
F C
F Dm
Gm7 C7
F B♭
C C/B♭
F/A C F B♭
F C7
F

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like F/C means play F with C as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Angels We Have Heard On High

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FC×F/C×Dm××Gm7C7×B♭×C/B♭×F/A×

Ukulele chords for Angels We Have Heard On High

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FCF/CDmGm7C7B♭C/B♭F/A

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Angels We Have Heard On High

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FCF/CDmGm7C7B♭C/B♭F/A

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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