Jingle Bells
Traditional
- Starts on
- High e string, open
- This excerpt
- Chorus melody
- Strings used
- High e, B
- Written in
- Open-string version
The tab
Tab is short for tablature: a picture of the strings. Numbers are frets. 0 means play the string open.
Computer notes — not the original recording.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
High e
thinnest string
B
2nd thinnest
Jingle all the way
High e
thinnest string
B
2nd thinnest
Rhythm in words
Jin-gle bells (hold). Jin-gle bells (hold). Jin-gle all the waaay.
How to play this
- 1The first six notes are all open high e — the thinnest string, no fingers.
- 2Group them as three and three. Hold the third note of each group.
- 3Then play 0, 3 on high e, hop to B for 1 and 3, and finish on open e.
Practice slowly
This one is supposed to feel bouncy. Keep the short notes even. Start with Hear the notes at full speed or slower, then copy on the guitar. If a note buzzes, press a little closer to the fret wire — not in the middle of the space.
This arrangement is a simplified educational excerpt for learning. Playback is a computer playing the tab notes, not the original recording. It is not a full transcription and is not affiliated with Traditional.
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