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We Wish You a Merry Christmas — melody and bass

Bring both hands together on We Wish You a Merry Christmas, with a circle-of-fifths bass line under the festive 3/4 tune.

DevelopingTraditional English carol · 16-bar verse and refrain with bass · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · C major · 3/4

100 beats per minute. Changing speed stops playback; press Play to start again.

Traditional English West Country carol; C-major piano arrangement by NotePlayMusic. Public domain traditional melody. Teaching arrangement newly authored by NotePlayMusic. · www.noteplaymusic.com

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Practise the right-hand sequences first until your finger changes feel smooth.
  2. Notice how the left-hand bass follows the rising sequence: C → F → D → G → E → A.
  3. Keep beat 1 crisp in both hands to drive the festive 3/4 rhythm.

About this score

16-bar C-major verse and refrain with pickups absorbed into full bars, a simplified cadence and dotted-minim harmonic bass.

Traditional English West Country carol; C-major piano arrangement by NotePlayMusic. Public domain traditional melody. Teaching arrangement newly authored by NotePlayMusic.

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