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Jingle Bells recorder notes

Complete chorus · Easy · C major · 4/4 · Baroque soprano recorder

Tap any note to hear it. Filled holes = covered; empty holes = open; half-filled thumb = pinch.

Read the notes: C5 is the lowest soprano note; C6 is one octave higher. Beat values use quarter notes: 0.5 = eighth note; 1.5 = dotted quarter; 2 = half note. Notes used: C5, D5, E5, F5, G5.

Phrase 1

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Phrase 4

Phrase 5

Phrase 6

Phrase 7

Phrase 8

How to practise Jingle Bells

Practise the repeated E notes with a gentle “tu”. The C in the second phrase is low C5, below E5.

Start at 60 BPM. Listen to a phrase, stop playback and echo it on your recorder. The phrase breaks are practice chunks, not bar lines; follow the beat values for timing.

Print a classroom practice sheet

Choose Print / Save PDF, then select your printer or your browser’s PDF destination. The print layout keeps the notes and fingerings and hides playback controls.

Melody and source

James Lord Pierpont; first published in 1857 as The One Horse Open Sleigh. Source / historical background.

This page uses our own single-line practice layout and synthesized audio. It does not include a modern accompaniment or commercial recording. Using a German recorder? Check its F fingering before playing.

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