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James Pierpont (1822–1893)

Jingle Bells

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
4/4
Length
66 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Jingle Bells
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written639 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand534 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots256 notes
  • Right-hand melody190 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to G6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from B1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat, triplets
  • Intervals: 3rds (skips), octaves, 2nds (steps), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: James Pierpont died in 1893. Credits