Jingle Bells

Repeated notes and a five-note range. Cheerful and surprisingly good practice.

Level:
3 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
C major
Notes:
25
Range:
C4 to G4
One run:
about 24 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

25 notes, one at a time.

  1. E4
  2. E4
  3. E4
  4. E4
  5. E4
  6. E4
  7. E4
  8. G4
  9. C4
  10. D4
  11. E4
  12. F4
  13. F4
  14. F4
  15. F4
  16. F4
  17. E4
  18. E4
  19. E4
  20. E4
  21. D4
  22. D4
  23. E4
  24. D4
  25. G4

How to practise it

  1. Change finger on the repeated E if you can: 3, 2, 3
  2. The second phrase climbs to F and stays there for four notes
  3. Keep the repeated notes light so they do not thump

The scale behind it

This one is built on the C Major scale: C D E F G A B (no sharps or flats). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5, and the scale page has the full diagram if you want to hear the shape on its own first.

How to play it here

Play along on the keys with your mouse, your computer keyboard, a touch screen, or a MIDI keyboard you have plugged in. Every key can show its own name, and the metronome will hold the tempo while you work through the 25 notes.

What it trains

  • folk
  • holiday
  • repeated notes

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