Please ensure that your video is shot clearly:
- With suitable lighting (no need for anything special but try not to be in the shadow)
- With either an appropriate (potentially virtual) or bland background
- With as clear audio as possible
Do preview the result to ensure that you would be comfortable appearing on screen as recorded.
We would love as many people as possible to be involved in this so please do also pass the invitation on to your wider family.
Mass Participation Carol: O, Come All Ye Faithful
We hope to get as many contributions as possible to this carol so do encourage your family members to send videos or audio files in as well.
Above is the organ backing for O, Come All Ye Faithful (as both a wav and an MP3)
- Please sing along to this version when recording.
- Play it through headphones so the only recorded audio is your voice singing not the organ backing as well.
- If you wish to sing harmony for verses 2 and 3 or the descant for verse four that is great but just singing the tune is also fine.
Here are other backing tracks with guide parts for
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Below are two shots of chapel which you could use as a virtual background if you wish (you could also record from Kings' College or even Windsor Castle!)
If you wish to submit a recording please contact Mr Tedd:
You can send a link for a file via WeTransfer, One Drive, GoogleDrive or a transfer service of your choice.
Alternatively you can upload to this online folder:
The password is Good&Faithful
If you are a family member of a current pupil they may upload files to Mr Tedd via Microsoft Teams.
Here is a scan of the sheet music (we have copies but current circumstances mean we recommend using digital copies on your device):
We are only singing verses 1, 2, 3 and 6
Here are the lyrics to O, Come All Ye Faithful (if you prefer just lyrics). Take care with the lyric 'Very God*' in verse 3: 'Very' has three notes so it is 'Ve-e-ry God'
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of Angels
O come, let us adore Him (x3)
Christ the Lord!
God of God, Light of Light
Lo, He abhors not the Virgin's womb
Ve-r-y God*
Begotten, not created
O come, let us adore Him (x3)
Christ the Lord!
See how the shepherds,
Summoned to his cradle,
Leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear;
We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps:
O come let us adore Him, (x3)
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God
Glory in the highest
O come, let us adore Him (x3)
Christ the Lord!