The melody of this carol is based on the Welsh carol “Nos Galan”. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart used it in a piano and violin duet in the 1700’s.
Today children love to sing it, specially the “Fa la la…” part. Give the score to your Orff group of young students or to older ones in your percussion class and have some true Christmas music fun!
On this page you can find a percussion ensemble arrangement, an easier Orff arrangement, and Printable PDF files for free download.
Table of Contents
- Arrangement Details
- Deck The Halls – Percussion Ensemble Free Sheet Music PDF
- Percussion Ensemble Arrangement Sound file
- Deck The Halls – Orff Arrangement Free Sheet Music PDF
- Orff Arrangement Sound file
Arrangement Details
As you have already seen, here you’ll find a rather easy percussion arrangement and an easier Orff arrangement.
The first one is in C minor and the meter is in 4/4. It begins with some kind of “dialog” between the two groups of mallets (the glockenspiel with the xylophone on the one hand, and the vibraphone with the marimba on the other). That said, the xylophone takes the melody and the rest accompany.
So as to the Orff arrangement, it is adapted in F major. The alto metallophone and the soprano xylophone play the B♭ note, although there is a passage with B natural in meters 19-20. That means that you’ll need two-row instruments for those players.
The percussion arrangement available here includes the following instruments:
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
- Vibraphone
- Marimba (2 players)
- Triangle
- Sleigh Bells
The Orff arrangement, respectively, includes:
- Glockenspiel
- Alto Metallophone
- Soprano Xylophone
- Alto Xylophone
- Bass Xylophone
- Triangle
- Sleigh Bells
Deck The Halls – Percussion Ensemble Free Sheet Music PDF
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of the percussion sheet music in PDF.
10 Songs with Free Christmas Sheet Music for Orff and Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Ensemble Arrangement Sound file
To listen to the percussion arrangement offered above, click on the following player.
Deck The Halls – Orff Arrangement Free Sheet Music PDF
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Click on the following images to preview the music sheet.
Click here or on the following button for a free download
of the percussion sheet music in PDF
Orff Arrangement Sound file
To listen to the percussion arrangement offered above, click on the following player.
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Christmas Percussion Sheet Music
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