Joy to the World

Lowell Mason (1792–1872), after Handel · D major · 4/4 · 108 BPM · 16 bars · Carols

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Joy to the World sits in Carols, written in D major. It uses 3 chords across 16 bars, at about 108 BPM.

Chords in this song

DA7G

D

A7

G

Chord chart

Chord chart
1D·A7D
2GA7D·
3GD·A7
4·D··

How to sing it

Sixteen bars of a bright hymn. The descending scale of the opening sits on D, then A7, then D. Heaven-and-nature-sing is the A7 in the last four bars; hold the final D so the last repeat of the line can land.

In every key

In every key
KeysChord chart
C majorC · G7 · C · F · G7 · C · F · C · G7 · C
Db majorDb · Ab7 · Db · Gb · Ab7 · Db · Gb · Db · Ab7 · Db
D major · Written in this keyD · A7 · D · G · A7 · D · G · D · A7 · D
Eb majorEb · Bb7 · Eb · Ab · Bb7 · Eb · Ab · Eb · Bb7 · Eb
E majorE · B7 · E · A · B7 · E · A · E · B7 · E
F majorF · C7 · F · Bb · C7 · F · Bb · F · C7 · F
F# majorF# · C#7 · F# · B · C#7 · F# · B · F# · C#7 · F#
G majorG · D7 · G · C · D7 · G · C · G · D7 · G
Ab majorAb · Eb7 · Ab · Db · Eb7 · Ab · Db · Ab · Eb7 · Ab
A majorA · E7 · A · D · E7 · A · D · A · E7 · A
Bb majorBb · F7 · Bb · Eb · F7 · Bb · Eb · Bb · F7 · Bb
B majorB · F#7 · B · E · F#7 · B · E · B · F#7 · B

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Why this song is free to play

The tune Antioch was published by Lowell Mason in 1839, drawing on Handel. Mason died in 1872, so on a life-plus-70 basis the term ended in 1942. The 1839 publication and Mason’s dates (1792–1872) were checked by search.

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