Jingle Bells with Chords

The chorus over one blocked chord per bar: I, IV and V7 doing their first real job.

Level:
3 of 6
Hands:
Both hands
Key:
C major
Notes:
99
Range:
B2 to G4
One run:
about 49 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

51 moments, 99 notes in total, some struck together.

  1. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  2. E4
  3. E4
  4. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  5. E4
  6. E4
  7. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  8. G4
  9. C4
  10. D4
  11. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  12. C3 + F3 + A3 + F4
  13. F4
  14. F4
  15. F4
  16. C3 + E3 + G3 + F4
  17. E4
  18. E4
  19. E4
  20. E4
  21. B2 + F3 + G3 + E4
  22. D4
  23. D4
  24. E4
  25. B2 + F3 + G3 + D4
  26. G4
  27. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  28. E4
  29. E4
  30. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  31. E4
  32. E4
  33. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  34. G4
  35. C4
  36. D4
  37. C3 + E3 + G3 + E4
  38. C3 + F3 + A3 + F4
  39. F4
  40. F4
  41. F4
  42. C3 + E3 + G3 + F4
  43. E4
  44. E4
  45. E4
  46. E4
  47. B2 + F3 + G3 + G4
  48. G4
  49. F4
  50. D4
  51. C3 + E3 + G3 + C4

How to practise it

  1. Learn the left hand alone first: C for four bars, then F, C, G7, G7
  2. One chord per bar, held for the whole bar, changed exactly on beat one
  3. The tune stays louder than the chords. If you cannot hear the melody, the left hand is too heavy

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 99 notes.

What it trains

  • adult beginner
  • holiday
  • folk
  • chords
  • hands together
  • accompaniment

More adult beginner course

Piano for adult beginners, in the order the method books teach it: black keys and finger numbers, Middle C, pentascales, primary chords, then real pieces with both hands.

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