Top 5 Christmas Songs for Harmonica + Easy ‘C’ Harp Tabs
Get ready to spread some holiday cheer with your harmonica! In this comprehensive lesson, we'll be playing 5 easy Christmas classics, transforming your harmonica into a melodious instrument of seasonal joy. Whether you're a seasoned harmonica maestro or a curious beginner, this lesson is tailor-made for you.
Equipped with a play-along video and free harmonica tabs for C diatonic harmonica, you'll be confidently playing these beloved tunes in no time. So grab your harmonica, gather your loved ones, and let's make this Christmas truly harmonious!
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Top 5 Easy Christmas Songs for Harmonica
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
Frosty the Snowman
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The tab system
The song is tabbed out for diatonic harmonica (in any key). The symbols I use are pretty basic - positive numbers are blow, negative numbers are draw.
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Silent Night - harmonica tabs:
6 -6 6 5
Silent night
6 -6 6 5
Holy night
-8 -8 -7 7 7 6
All is calm, all is bright
-6 -6 7 -7 -6
Round yon Virgin
6 -6 6 5
Mother and Child
-6 -6 7 -7
Holy infant
-6 6 -6 6 5
So tender and mild
-8 -8 -9 -8 -7 7 8
Sleep in heavenly peace
7 6 5 6 -5 -4 4
Sleep in heavenly peace
Jingle Bells - harmonica tabs:
6 8 -8 7 6
Dashing through the snow
6 6 6 8 -8 7 -6
on a one horse open sleigh
-6 -9 8 -8 -7
over fields we go
9 9 -9 -8 8
Laughing all the way
6 8 -8 7 6
Bells on bobtail ring
6 8 -8 7 -6
Making spirits bright
-6 -6 -9 8 -8 9 9 9
What fun it is to ride and sing
9 -10 9 -9 -8 7
a sleighing song tonight
9 8 8 8 8 8 8
Oh Jingle bells, Jingle bells
8 9 7 -8 8
Jingle all the way
-9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 8
Oh what fun it is to ride
8 8 8 -8 -8 8 -8
on a one horse open sleigh
9 8 8 8 8 8 8
Oh Jingle bells, Jingle bells
8 9 7 -8 8
Jingle all the way
-9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 8
Oh, what fun it is to ride
8 8 9 9 -9 -8 7
on a one horse open sleigh
Frosty the Snowman - harmonica tabs:
6 5 -5 6 7
Frost-y the snow-man
-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6
Was a jol-ly, hap-py soul
-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 6 7 5
With a corn-cob pipe and a but-ton nose
5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 6
And two eyes made out of coal
6 5 -5 6 7
Frost-y the snow-man
-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6
Is a fair-y tale they say
-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 6 7 5
He was made of snow but the child-ren know
5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4
How he came to life one day
6 -6 -6 7 7 -7 -6 6
There must have been some mag-ic in
5 -5 -6 6 -5 5
That old silk hat they found
4 -4 -4 6 6 -7 -7 -8
For when they placed it on his head
-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6
He be-gan to dance a-round
6 6 5 -5 6 7 -7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6
Oh, Frost-y the snow-man was a-live as he could be
-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 6 7 5
And the child-ren say he could laugh and play
5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4
Just the same as you and me
O Little Town of Bethlehem - harmonica tabs:
3 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6
Oh little town of Be-eth-le-e-hem
5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 4
How still we-e see thee lie
3 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6
Above thy deep and dre-eam-le-ess sleep
5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 4
The si-le-nt stars go by
4 5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6
Ye-et in thy da-ark stre-ets shi-i-i-i-neth
3 4 5 -4 4 3
The everlasting light
3 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6
The hopes and fears of a-ll th-e years
5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 4
Are met i-n thee tonight
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - harmonica tabs:
6 -6 6 5 7 -6 6
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
6 -6 6 -6 6 7 -7
had a very shiny nose
-5 6 -5 -4 -7 -6 6
and if you ever saw it
6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 5
you would even say it glows
6 -6 6 5 7 -6 6
All of the other reindeer
6 -6 6 -6 6 7 -7
used to laugh and call him names
-5 6 -5 -4 -7 -6 6
They never let poor Rudolph
6 -6 6 -6 6 -8 7
join in any reindeer games
-6 -6 7 -6 6 5 6
Then one foggy Christmas eve
-5 -6 6 -5 5
Santa came to say
-4 5 6 -6 -7 -7 -7
Rudolph with your nose so bright
7 7 -7 -6 6 -5 -4
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
6 -6 6 5 7 -6 6
Then how the reindeer loved him
6 -6 6 -6 6 7 -7
as they shouted out with glee
-5 6 -5 -4 -7 -6 6
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
6 -6 6 -6 6 -8 7
you'll go down in history!
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