Learn We Wish You a Merry Christmas on the Steelpan
The tenor pan of Trinidad & Tobago, synthesized live in your browser. Strike the chrome — or pick a song and follow the lights.
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Play like a piano: Z X C … for the low octave, Q W E … for the high oneTap a pad to strike it. Low notes sit on the rim, high notes toward the centre.
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How to play We Wish You a Merry Christmas on the steelpan
A brisk waltz that steps up the scale three times, each phrase a note higher than the last. English West Country carol, traditional.
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 3/4
- Tempo
- 132 BPM
- Notes
- 30
- Level
- Medium
- Listen. Press Listen above to hear it at 132 BPM. You can slow it down in Settings.
- Play along. Press Play along and the pad to strike lights up. Play it and the next one lights. A wrong note is named, so you know what to change.
- Play it from the notes. Once it feels familiar, play it from the sheet below without the lights.
Low notes sit on the rim and high notes toward the centre. Going round the rim, each pad is a fifth above the one before (C, G, D, A …), and the inner ring repeats the same pattern an octave higher.
The notes
Written as note names spelled with flats. A dot (·) is a rest.
- G4WeC5wishC5youD5aC5mer-B4ryA4Christ-A4masA4weD5wishD5youE5aD5mer-C5ryB4Christ-G4mas
- G4weE5wishE5youF5aE5mer-D5ryC5Christ-A4masG4andG4aA4hap-D5pyB4newC5year