Guitar Tab - Jingle Bells

Today you will learn a very beloved Christmas song. You will learn to use easy guitar tablature notation so you do not need to know sheet music. Time for Jingle Bells!

First, take a look at this guitar tablature staff:

Piano Concerto

1. ----------------

2. ----------------

3. ----------------

The three lines you see in this tab staff recite the three first strings on your guitar. Of course a general guitar has six strings to play but today we will only need the first strings.

The first string with the estimate one is the string with the top pitch. It is also called E.

When you read a guitar staff you will also find numbers on the line indicating which frets to press down with your left hand.

Here you have an example:

1. -------0---

2. ---1-------

3. -----------

The estimate one on the second line tells you to press down the first fret on the second string. The next estimate zero tells you to play the first string without any fret pressed down. This is called to play on an open string.

Let's start with our Christmas song. Here are the first line of lyrics and the corresponding guitar tab notation:

Jingle bells, jingle bells

1. ---0---0---0---0---0---0---

2. ---------------------------

3. ---------------------------

As a suggestion you can play the strings with your right hand thumb.

Time for the next guitar tablature staff:

Jingle all the way

1. ---0---3-----------0---

2. -----------1---3-------

3. -----------------------

I propose that you give your left hand fingers the assignment to play one fret each as shown here:

Index: first fret

Middle finger: second fret

Ring finger: third fret

Next guitar tab:

Oh! what fun it is to ride

1. ---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---

2. -------------------------------

3. -------------------------------

When you press down the frets with your left hand finger you should place your left hand thumb on the back of the guitar neck for support.

In a one-horse open sleigh

1. ---0---0---0-----------0-------3---

2. ---------------3---3-------3-------

3. -----------------------------------

At first you might find it a minute bit difficult to use your left hand fingers the way I described but when you get used to play this way it will surely help you play better.

Now you only have to repeat the lyrics and the former guitar tabs except the last line of the lyrics which will have a slightly separate melody the last time:

Jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way

Oh! what fun it is to ride

and here is the guitar tablature melody for the last line the second time:

In a one-horse open sleigh

1. ---0---0---3---3---1-----------

2. -----------------------3---1---

3. -------------------------------

Now you have completed the song and the only remaining task is to learn it by heart and you are ready for Christmas!

Guitar Tab - Jingle Bells

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Guitar Tab - How to Play Twinkle, Twinkle slight Star on Guitar

Have you ever wished you could play a melody on your guitar? Now you will learn how to play Twinkle, Twinkle, dinky Star without sheet music! Let me take you to the first note of the song with the help of guitar tab notation!

Here you have the first note written with amount guitar tablature:

Piano Concerto

03

The first amount tells you which fret to play, in this case you will not press down any fret which is indicated with the amount 0. This is called to play an open string. The second amount indicates which string to play. In this melody you will start with the third string.

The strings are numbered starting with the bottom string on your guitar. You will use three strings to play the melody. The first string or the bottom string is called E, the second string B and the third string G. We will give the G-string a amount instead and as you already have seen call it 3.

Now it is time to start playing the melody. Here is the first line of lyrics with the corresponding melody written with amount guitar tabs:

(G)Twinkle, twinkle, (C)little (G)star

03 03 32 32 01 01 32

32 means, press down the third fret on the second string and play the note! As you can see I have included the recommend chords to use in brackets before the syllable where you are to turn chords. Great if you are two guitarists playing together!

Here are the next guitar tabs:

(D7)How I (G)wonder (D7)what you (G)are!

12 12 02 02 23 23 03

I propose that you use your right hand index to play the notes on the first fret, the middle finger for notes on the second fret and your middle finger for the third fret notes!

You might feel that it is a bit difficult to use your left hand fingers this way but if you are patient you will find that you are able to keep your hand in the same position as you play which will help you when you play more industrialized melodies!

Another benefit is that your fingers will have their fixed frets to work with which will help you find your way best on the fretboard and you will be able to play without looking at your fingers all the time!

(G)Up a(D7)bove the (G)world so (D7)high

32 32 12 12 02 02 23

(G)Like a (D7)diamond (G)in the (D7)sky!

32 32 12 12 02 02 23

The actual length of the personel notes in the melody is not indicated with this type of guitar tab notation but as you already know the melody I propose that you learn how to play the rhythm by singing the melody aloud or in your head!

(G)Twinkle, twinkle, (C)little (G)star

03 03 32 32 01 01 32

(D7)How I (G)wonder (D7)what you (G)are!

12 12 02 02 23 23 03

Now you have learned how to play Twinkle, Twinkle, dinky Star on your guitar!

As I mentioned, I call this type of notation amount tablature and it is a suitable way to display melodies in text form but a more coarse way to show guitar tabs is by using a staff with six lines representing the strings and numbers on the lines indicating the frets. You will find this notation on many guitar sites!

I propose that you memorize the melody line by line instead of looking at the numbers. This way you will have way to the melody whenever a guitar is available!

Guitar Tab - How to Play Twinkle, Twinkle slight Star on Guitar

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10 Easy Christmas Songs For Guitar

Here are 10 of the most favorite Christmas songs for guitar. They are pretty easy and playable by most beginners if you know your open chords and can strum a little. Play these at Christmas parties and you will be golden!

Jingle bells
Joy to the World
Frosty the Snowman
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
White Christmas
We Wish you a Merry Xmas
We Three Kings
O Come all ye Faithful
Deck the Halls

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Here is the song Jingle Bells to get you started:

C F
Dashing straight through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,
G7 C
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way,
C F
Bells on bobtails ring, development spirits bright,
G7 C
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight, oh

Chorus:
C C7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
F C D7 G7
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey,
C C7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
F C G7 C
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.

The chords are shown above the lyrics at the approximate time you should be playing them. You play them colse to the time the word shown is sung. But you strum the chord more than just one (where the chord is shown) - in other words play the chord in a strumming pattern until the next chord comes up.

For the other 9 easy Christmas guitar songs with chords and lyrics, check the blog post link below. And Merry Christmas!

10 Easy Christmas Songs For Guitar

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