Hallelujah Chorus Harp Quartet

by George Frideric Handel · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Hallelujah Chorus Harp Quartet
From Handel’s “Messiah”
By George Frideric Handel
Key of D Major

And for your enjoyment (Well Done!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

Requires four 12 Hole “C” Chromatics
4th Harpist optional 16 Hole “C” Chromatic

Tab Notations: none = blow    - = draw  
* = button in     . = lower register 
____= hold/sustain    |    | = measure    
-5__|_-5 = hold note into next measure
-.4x-4 = tongue blocked draw octave (low note optional if using a 16 hole)

4/4 Time

   1                2
1st:|-9__ -7 -8 -7  |-9__ -7 -8 -7  -9 -9 |
2nd:|-7__ -7  7 -6* |-7__ -7  7 -6* -7 -7 |
3rd:|-6*_ -5 -5 -5  |-6*_ -5 -5 -5  -5 -5 |
4th:|-1__ -2* 3 -1  |-1__ -2* 3 -1  -2*-2*|
    3
1st:|-9 -9  -9 -9 -9 -9  -9|9*-9    9*-9  |
2nd:|-8 -7  -7 -7 -8 -7  -7|7 -6* 6 6 -6* |
3rd:| 7 -6* -5 -5  7 -6* -5|6 -3   -3 -3  |
4th:| 3 -1  -2*-2* 3 -1 -2*|2 -1 -3 -3-1  |
    5
1st:|10__-7 -10* 10   |10_-7 -10*10  10 10|
2nd:|-7__-7 -7   -7   |-7_-7 -7  -7  -7 -7|
3rd:|5*__ 6 -5   5*   |5*_ 6 -5  5*   6  6|
4th:|-3__ 4*-5   -3   |-3_ 4*-5  -3  5* 5*| 
   
1st:|-10* 10   10 10 -10* 10   10|
2nd:|-7   -7   -7 -7 -7   -7   -7|
3rd:|-5   5*    6  6 -5   5*    6|
4th:|-5   -3    5* 5*-5   -3   5*|
    8
1st:|-10* 10 -9     9*  |-7____ -8 9*|
2nd:|-7_____     7* -7  |-7____ -4 4*|
3rd:|-5   6  -6* -5  6  |-3____ -4 4*|
4th:|-5   5* -4     -3  |-3____ -4 4*|
    10
1st:|-9 -5 -9__ -9 9*|-8____ -7    10 10|
2nd:|-5 -5 -5__ -5 5*|-4____ -3    -7 -7|
3rd:|-5 -1 -5__ -5 5*|-4____ -3    -3 -3|
4th:|-5 -1 -5__ -5 5*|-4____ -3    5* 5*|
    12
1st:|-9 9*   10 10 -9 9*   10 10|
2nd:|-7 -7   -7 -7 -7 -7   -7 -7|
3rd:|-6* 6    6  6 -6* 6    6  6|
4th:|-5 -3    5* 5*-5 -3   5* 5*|

1st:|-10* 10   10 10 -10* 10    |
2nd:|-7   -7   -7 -7 -7   -7    |
3rd:|-5   5*    6  6 -5   5*    |
4th:|-5   -3    5* 5*-5   -3    |
    14
1st:|            |             |
2nd:|-5____ 6 -6*|7 3 7__ 7 -6*|
3rd:|-5____ 6 -6*|7 3 3__ 3 -2*|
4th:|-1____ 2 -2*|3 3 3__ 3 -2*|
    16
1st:|           -9  -9 |
2nd:|6____ -5   -7  -7 |
3rd:|2____ -1   -5  -5 |
4th:|2____ -1   -2* -2*|

1st:|-9 -9   -9 -9 -9 -9   -9 -9 |
2nd:|-8 -7   -7 -7 -8 -7   -7 -7 |
3rd:| 7 -6*  -5 -5  7 -6*  -5 -5 |
4th:| 3 -1   -2*-2* 3 -1   -2*-2*|
    18
1st:|-9 -9  -9 -9 -9 -9    |
2nd:|-8 -7  -7 -7 -8 -7    |
3rd:| 7 -6* -5 -5  7 -6*   |
4th:| 3 -1  -2*-2* 3 -1    |

1st:|-9______ 10    -10*    |
2nd:|                       |
3rd:|  -5 -5  4* -3    -5 -5|
4th:|                       |
    20
1st:|11 7 11____   11    -10*      |
2nd:|                         -7 -7|
3rd:|-4-4   6 6 5* -3 -3 -5________|
4th:|                              |

1st:|10___________  -9           -9 -9|
2nd:| 7 6 6 -7 -7   -7 -7 -7 -6* -5   |
3rd:|_-5    5*      -5 -6*-6*-7  -6*  |
4th:|          -3-3 -2*-1             |
    22
1st:|9* -7        9* 9*-9 -9 -9 10 10  |
2nd:|    6 -5 4* -3        7 -6* 6 -7 7|
3rd:|-3____________   -4        5*     |
4th:|-3____________   -4        5*     |

1st:|-7        -9 9* -8 -8    10 |
2nd:|-6*       -8 -7 7*  6 -7____|
3rd:|-5 -1 -5__         -5 5*    |
4th:|-5 -1 -5__         -5 5*    |
    24
1st:| -9 9* -9 10 -9 9* 9* 9* 10 9*   |
2nd:|_-7    7*       -7          6   6|
3rd:|-4_____________ -3 6  6  5* -3   |
4th:|-4_____________ -3          -3 -3|

1st:|   -7 -7 -9 -7        9*9* 10 9*|
2nd:|-7 -6*      -6*-6* 6  5*        |
3rd:|   -5 -5 -6*-5        6 6 5* -3 |
4th:|-2*-1       -5 -5  5*-3         |
    26
1st:|  -7 -7 -10* -9     9* 9* -9 -7   |
2nd:|-5_____________  6        -6*     |
3rd:|-5_____________  6        -6*     |
4th:|        -5   -5  5* -3       -5 -5|

1st:|  -8 -8 10 10       9* 9* -9 -9 -9|
2nd:|7  3    7_______    7     -6*     |
3rd:|7  3    7_______    7     -6*     |
4th:|-4 3        2 2 -3 -3        -4 -4|
    28
1st:|-9    9*    -9       -9       |
2nd:|6______     -5 -7-7  -6* -5   |
3rd:|6______     -5_____      -6*  |
4th:|3 2 2 -3_ 3 -2*          -5 -5|
                           30
1st:|-9   -9   -9____|  -7 |-7 7 -6* 6_ -5|
2nd:|  -4 -4 -4-3____|  -6*|6 -5 -5  5*   |
3rd:|7_____   7-6*___|  -5 |-3 3 -3___  -3|
4th:|-4 33-4  5*-5___|  -1 |1 -4 -3  3_-2*|
    32                     34
1st:|-5____|    -6* 6__ -5 |-5______ -10*|
2nd:|-5____|  -5___ 5*     |-5______ -7  |
3rd:|-3____|    -3  3__ -2*|-2*_____ -5  |
4th:|-2*___|    -3_____ -3 |-1______ -5  |
    35
1st:|10 -9 -9  9*   |-9__ 9* -9  -9|
2nd:|-7 -5 -6* 6 -5 |-5__ 6  -6* 7*|
3rd:|6   7 -3___ -3 |-3__ 3  -3  -5|
4th:|4* -4 -3 -3_-2*|-2*_ 2  -1  -4|
    37
1st:|9*__ -7 -8 9*|-9_____       |
2nd:|-7__ -7  7 7 |-7_____       |
3rd:|6___ -5 -5 6 |-6*____       |
4th:|-3__ -2* 3 2 |-1__ -3 -5 -2*|
    39
1st:|             |           |
2nd:|             |           |
3rd:|             |         -5|
4th:|-4 -1 3 -2* 2|2____ -1   |
    41
1st:|                     |
2nd:|                     |
3rd:|-7   5*   -6*   -3   |
4th:|       -3 -5 -1   -2*|
    42
1st:|                       |
2nd:|                       |
3rd:|-5    5* -4 5*___-4__-3|
4th:|-4 3* -3       2 -1 2  |

1st:|                         |
2nd:|     -7    -9    -6*     |
3rd:|-3            -3 -5 -5   |
4th:| 1 -3 3 -3 -2*        -2*|
    44
1st:|                    |
2nd:|-8  -5    7    -6* 6|
3rd:|-5     -4 6 5* -5 -5|
4th:| 3 -1              3|

1st:|                   -9    |
2nd:|-6*  6__  -5 -5 -7 -6* -5|
3rd:|-5   5*      -5          |
4th:|-3 -1     -3 -2*-1     -5|
    46
1st:|-11    9*    -10*  -7   |
2nd:|    6 -7  6           5*|
3rd:|                -5 5* -3|
4th:|5* -3     5* -5 -1   -2*|

1st:|-9      9* -8  9*__-8__-7|
2nd:|-5  -8  -7____     7*    |
3rd:|-6*  6     -6* 6 6      6|
4th:|-4  3*  -3 -1  2 2      2|
    48
1st:|-7____ -7 -7|-7_______________|
2nd:|-7  6  -7 -7|-7_______________|
3rd:| 6  5*      |      6  -6* 6 6 |
4th:| 1  -3      |      5* -5 -3 5*|
    50
1st:|_-7_______________________|
2nd:|_-7_______________________|
3rd:|-6* 6   6  6  -6* 6   6 6 |
4th:|-5 -3   5* 5* -5 -3   5*5*|

1st:|       -7 -7 -7|-7_________________|
2nd:|       -7 -7 -7|-7_________________|
3rd:|-6* 6          |       6 -6* 6   6 |
4th:|-5 -3          |       5*-5 -3   5*|
    53
1st:|_-7___________________|
2nd:|_-7___________________|
3rd:|-6* 6  6 6 -6* 6  6 6 |
4th:|-5 -3  5*5*-5 -3  5*5*|

1st:|          -9 -9|-9_______________|
2nd:|_-7______      |    -7 -8 -7  -7 |
3rd:|-6*  6         |    -5  7 -6* -5 |
4th:|-5  -3         |    -2* 3 -1  -2*|
    56
1st:|_-9__________________________|
2nd:| -8 -7   -7 -7 -8 -7   -7 -7 |
3rd:|  7 -6*  -5 -5  7 -6*  -5 -5 |
4th:|  3 -1   -2*-2* 3 -1   -2*-2*|

1st:|_-9    -9 10 10|10____________|
2nd:| -4 -3         |    6 -7 7*  6|
3rd:|  7 -6*        |   -4 4*-4  -4|
4th:|  3 -1         |   3* -3 2  3*|
    59
1st:|_10____________________|
2nd:|-7 7*   6 6 -7 7*   6 6|
3rd:|4* -4  -4-4 4* -4  -4-4|
4th:|-3 2    3*3*-3 2   3*3*|

1st:|_10____ -10* -10*|
2nd:|-7 7*            |
3rd:|4* -4            |
4th:|-3 2             |

1st:|-10*__________________|
2nd:|       -6* -8 -7*  -6*|
3rd:|        5* -5  5*   5*|
4th:|       -3* -4 -2*  -3 |
    62
1st:|_-10*______________________|
2nd:| -8 -7*  -6*-6*-8-7* -6*-6*|
3rd:| -5  5*   5* 5*-5 5*  5* 5*|
4th:| -4 -2*  -3*-3*-4-2* -3*-3*|

1st:|_-10*__ -10* 11 11|11________|
2nd:| -8 -6*           |     -8 -8|
3rd:| -5 -5            |     -5 -5|
4th:| -4 -.4x-4        |     -4 -4|
    65
1st:|_11__ 11 10* 10* -10* 11|
2nd:| -7__ -7 -7      -7     |
3rd:| 6___  6 -5  5*  -5    6|
4th:| 5*__ 5* -5      -1     |
    66
1st:|10______  9* -9 10|
2nd:|-7______          |
3rd:|5*______          |
4th:|-3__ -3 -3     1  |

1st:|-7                       |
2nd:|                -6* 7* -7|
3rd:|    -3 -4 4* -2*-3 -3____|
4th:|-2*    -3*   -5    -5  -5|
    68
1st:|                 -7  |
2nd:|-5 5* -5 6 -5 5* -7 7|
3rd:|_-3    3*     -3     |
4th:|-4_________   -3     |

1st:|-9    -6*  -8  -5   |
2nd:|-6*__    6 -5__  -5 |
3rd:|   -3 -5 5*-4__  -3 |
4th:|             -1 3-2*|
    70
1st:|7    -6* 6 -6* 6__ -5|
2nd:|-5 5*-5 -5 -5__5*    |
3rd:|3    -3 -4 -3________|
4th:|2    -2* 3 -3  3 -3  |

1st:|-5_____      |
2nd:|-5____  -5 -5|
3rd:|-3____  -5 -5|
4th:|-2*_ -1 -5 -5|
    72
1st:|    -9 11 -10*  -9 |11 -10*         |
2nd:|-5  -7 -8 -7    -7 |-8 -7   -5 -5 -5|
3rd:|-5_________________|_-5____ -5 -5 -5|
4th:|-5  -2* 3 -1    -2*|3  -1   -5 -5 -5|
    74
1st:|      -9 -9 11 -10*  -9-9 |
2nd:|-5    -7 -7 -8 -7    -7-7 |
3rd:|-5________________________|
4th:|-5    -2*-2* 3 -1   -2*-2*|

1st:|11  -10*   -7 -7 -9 |
2nd:|-8  -7           -7 |
3rd:|_-5        -6*-6*-5 |
4th:|3    1     -1 -5 -2*|
    76
1st:|-10* -9 -9 -7 -7 |
2nd:|-9   -6*-8 -5    |
3rd:|-5   -5 -4 -3 -3 |
4th:|-4   -1  3 -2*-2*|

1st:|9* -9 -9 -9 9*|-9   -7 -7    |
2nd:|7  -6* 6  6___|-6*  -6*-6*_ 7|
3rd:|3  -3 -3 -3___|-3   -5 -5__ 6|
4th:|2  -1 -1 -3___|-1   -1 -1    |

1st:|-9   -7 -7 -7    |
2nd:|-7   -6*-6*-6*_ 7|
3rd:|-6*  -5 -5 -5__ 6|
4th:|-5   -1 -1 -1    |
    80
1st:|-9    -7 -7 |-9  -7 -7 -7     |
2nd:|-7    -6*-6*|-7  -6*-6*-6*__ 7|
3rd:|-6*   -5 -5 |-6* -5 -5 -5___ 6|
4th:|-5    -1 -1 |-5  -1 -1 -1     |
    82
1st:|-9        -7 |-9  -10* -8 -9     |
2nd:|-7        -6*|-6* -6*  -5 -7     |
3rd:|-6*       -5 |-5  -3   -4 -3     |
4th:|-5  -1 -5 -2*|-4  -1    3 -2* -2*|
    84
1st:|11 -10* 10 10____|-9     -9    -9    | 
2nd:| 6  -7  -7 -7____|-7  -7 -8 -7    -7 |
3rd:|5*  -5  -5 -5__5*|-6* -5 -7 -6*   -5 |
4th:|2   -1  -1 -3____|-1  -2* 3 -1    -2*|
    86
1st:|-9      -9 -9 -9      |
2nd:|-8 -7   -7 -8 -7   -7 |
3rd:|7  -6*  -5  7 -6*  -5 |
4th:|3  -1   -2* 3 -1   -2*|
   
1st:|-9      -9 -9 -9 -9  -9 -9 |
2nd:|-4 -3   -7 -7 -8 -7  -7 -7 |
3rd:| 7 -6*  -5 -5  7 -6* -5 -5 |
4th:| 3 -1   -2*-2* 3 -1  -2*-2*|
    88
1st:|-9 -9    -9 -9 -9 -9   -9 -9 |
2nd:|-8 -7    -7 -7 -8 -7   -7 -7 |
3rd:| 7 -6*   -5 -5  7 -6*  -5 -5 |
4th:| 3 -1    -2*-2* 3 -1   -2*-2*|

1st:|-9 -9     -9 |-9____ -9 |-9________|
2nd:|-8 -7     -6*|-6*___ -6*|-6*_______|
3rd:| 7 -6*    -3 |-4____ -4 |-3________|
4th:| 3 -1     -1 | 3____  3 |-1________|

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