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Jingle Bells — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells is a carol in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Carol
Key
G major · 2/4
Range
D to e · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Jingle Bells — sheet music

G major · 2/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

D B A G | D D D | D B A G | E E C B A | F♯ | d d C A | B D B A G | D | D B A G | E E E C B A | d d d d | e d C A | G B B B | B B B | B d G A | B C C C C | C B B B B | B A A B | A d B B B | B B B | B d G A | B C C C C | C B B B B | d d C A | G

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Jingle Bells — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Jingle Bells — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---------|-------|---------|---|
A|---2-0---|-------|---2-0---|---|
D|-0-----5-|-0-0-0-|-0-----5-|-2-|
G|---------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|---|---------|---|
A|---3-2-0-|---|-5-5-3-0-|-2-|
D|-2-------|-4-|---------|---|
G|---------|---|---------|---|
E|---------|---|---------|-----|
A|---2-0---|---|---2-0---|-----|
D|-0-----5-|-0-|-0-----5-|-2-2-|
G|---------|---|---------|-----|
E|---------|---------|-0-------|---|
A|---3-2-0-|-5-5-5-5-|---5-3-0-|---|
D|-2-------|---------|---------|-5-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-5---0-|-2-|
D|-------|-------|-----5---|---|
G|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-2-|-0-5-|
D|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-5---0-|-2-|
D|-------|-------|-----5---|---|
G|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|---|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-3-0-|---|
D|---------|-----------|---------|-5-|
G|---------|-----------|---------|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Jingle Bells — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---------|-------|---------|---|
A|---2-0---|-------|---2-0---|---|
D|-0-----5-|-0-0-0-|-0-----5-|-2-|
G|---------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|---|---------|---|
A|---3-2-0-|---|-5-5-3-0-|-2-|
D|-2-------|-4-|---------|---|
G|---------|---|---------|---|
E|---------|---|---------|-----|
A|---2-0---|---|---2-0---|-----|
D|-0-----5-|-0-|-0-----5-|-2-2-|
G|---------|---|---------|-----|
E|---------|---------|-0-------|---|
A|---3-2-0-|-5-5-5-5-|---5-3-0-|---|
D|-2-------|---------|---------|-5-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-5---0-|-2-|
D|-------|-------|-----5---|---|
G|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-2-|-0-5-|
D|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-5---0-|-2-|
D|-------|-------|-----5---|---|
G|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|---|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-3-0-|---|
D|---------|-----------|---------|-5-|
G|---------|-----------|---------|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Jingle Bells — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---------|-------|---------|---|
A|---1-0---|-------|---1-0---|---|
D|-0-----3-|-0-0-0-|-0-----3-|-1-|
G|---------|-------|---------|---|
E|----------|---|----------|---|
A|---L2-1-0-|---|-3-3-L2-0-|-1-|
D|-1--------|-2-|----------|---|
G|----------|---|----------|---|
E|---------|---|---------|-----|
A|---1-0---|---|---1-0---|-----|
D|-0-----3-|-0-|-0-----3-|-1-1-|
G|---------|---|---------|-----|
E|----------|---------|-0--------|---|
A|---L2-1-0-|-3-3-3-3-|---3-L2-0-|---|
D|-1--------|---------|----------|-3-|
G|----------|---------|----------|---|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-|-1-3---0-|-1-|
D|-------|-------|-----3---|---|
G|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|-------------|------------|---------|-----|
A|-L2-L2-L2-L2-|-L2-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-0-1-|-0-3-|
D|-------------|------------|---------|-----|
G|-------------|------------|---------|-----|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-|-1-3---0-|-1-|
D|-------|-------|-----3---|---|
G|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|-------------|------------|----------|---|
A|-L2-L2-L2-L2-|-L2-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-L2-0-|---|
D|-------------|------------|----------|-3-|
G|-------------|------------|----------|---|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Jingle Bells — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---------|-------|---------|---|
B|---0-----|-------|---0-----|---|
G|-----2-0-|-------|-----2-0-|---|
D|-0-------|-0-0-0-|-0-------|-2-|
A|---------|-------|---------|---|
E|---------|-------|---------|---|
e|---------|---|---------|---|
B|---1-0---|---|-3-3-1---|-0-|
G|-------2-|---|-------2-|---|
D|-2-------|-4-|---------|---|
A|---------|---|---------|---|
E|---------|---|---------|---|
e|---------|---|---------|-----|
B|---0-----|---|---0-----|-----|
G|-----2-0-|---|-----2-0-|-----|
D|-0-------|-0-|-0-------|-2-2-|
A|---------|---|---------|-----|
E|---------|---|---------|-----|
e|---------|---------|-0-------|---|
B|---1-0---|-3-3-3-3-|---3-1---|---|
G|-------2-|---------|-------2-|-0-|
D|-2-------|---------|---------|---|
A|---------|---------|---------|---|
E|---------|---------|---------|---|
e|-------|-------|---------|---|
B|-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-|-0-3-----|-0-|
G|-------|-------|-----0-2-|---|
D|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
e|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
B|-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0-|---3-|
G|---------|-----------|---2-2---|-2---|
D|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
A|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
e|-------|-------|---------|---|
B|-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-|-0-3-----|-0-|
G|-------|-------|-----0-2-|---|
D|-------|-------|---------|---|
A|-------|-------|---------|---|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
e|---------|-----------|---------|---|
B|-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-1---|---|
G|---------|-----------|-------2-|-0-|
D|---------|-----------|---------|---|
A|---------|-----------|---------|---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Jingle Bells — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---2-0---|-------|---2-0---|---|
E|---------|-------|---------|-0-|
C|-2-------|-2-2-2-|-2-------|---|
G|-------0-|-------|-------0-|---|
A|---3-2-0-|---|-5-5-3-0-|-2-|
E|-0-------|-2-|---------|---|
C|---------|---|---------|---|
G|---------|---|---------|---|
A|---2-0---|---|---2-0---|-----|
E|---------|---|---------|-0-0-|
C|-2-------|-2-|-2-------|-----|
G|-------0-|---|-------0-|-----|
A|---3-2-0-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-5-3-0-|---|
E|-0-------|---------|---------|---|
C|---------|---------|---------|---|
G|---------|---------|---------|-0-|
A|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-5---0-|-2-|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
C|-------|-------|---------|---|
G|-------|-------|-----0---|---|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-2-|-0-5-|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
C|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----------|---------|-----|
A|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-5---0-|-2-|
E|-------|-------|---------|---|
C|-------|-------|---------|---|
G|-------|-------|-----0---|---|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-3-0-|---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|---|
C|---------|-----------|---------|---|
G|---------|-----------|---------|-0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Jingle Bells chords

G major · 9 chords: G, G7, C, Am7, D7, B7, E7, Cm, A7

G
G
G G7
C
Am7
D7
D7
G D7
G
G
G B7
C E7
Am7
D7
Am7 D7
G
G
G
G C Cm
G
C
G E7
A7
D7
G
G
G C Cm
G
C
G E7
Am7 D7
G

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Jingle Bells

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GG7C×Am7×D7××B7×E7Cm3×A7×

Ukulele chords for Jingle Bells

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GG7CAm7D7B7E7CmA7

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Jingle Bells

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GG7CAm7D7B7E7CmA7

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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