HolidayFree
Jingle Bells
James Lord Pierpont
Simplified arrangement
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Length
- 0:32
- Key
- G major
Ready to play?
Watch it once, then it’s your turn. Notes fall toward the keys, and the song waits for you until you’re ready to keep time.
- Speed 1 to 10
- Loop any part
- Right, left or both hands
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How to learn this song
What you’ll learn
- G position, with your thumb on G and fingers over G–D
- Groups of repeated notes
- Short-short-long rhythms
Where to put your hands
Right thumb on the G above middle C, so your fingers cover G to D. Left hand: thumb on the G below middle C, finger 4 on D and little finger on the low C.
Tips
- 1“Jingle bells” is three Bs: short, short, long. Say the words as you play.
- 2In bar 3, the D is already under your little finger: no need to move.
- 3The two choruses only differ in their last two bars: the second one finishes down on G.
Parts of the song
Chorus 1Chorus 2