![]() ![]() ![]() The bass line remains the same.ĭownload MP3 Silent Night: Alternative Versions In the third version of Silent Night, I’ve added two-note chords to the right hand, always with the melody note as the highest note. It’s written so that you only have to play one note per bar, and in fact there are only three different notes used: C, F and G.ĭownload MP3 Silent Night: Adding Harmony And Fullness With Chords Silent Night: Single Note Bass Lineīelow is a simple bass line for the carol using just one note. You have time to move your whole hand between bar 20 and 21, to play the C with your 5th (little) finger.Play the D of the 17th bar with your 3rd (middle) finger.Play the A of the 9th bar with your 3rd (middle) finger, the notes should then run naturally.On the D in the fifth bar, start on your 5th (little) finger and run naturally.Start on the 4th finger and play naturally.The first note (dotted crochet/quarter-note) takes 3 of these the second note (quaver/eighth note) takes just 1 of these the final crochet (quarter note) takes the remaining 2 half-beats. Imagine that the bar is split into 6 half-beats. Note that there are a number of places with a similar rhythm, formed by a dotted crotchet (quarter note) followed by a quaver (eighth note) and a crochet (quarter note). Those notes are: G A G : E : G A G : E : D D : B : C C : G : A A : C B A : G A G : E : A A : C B A : G A G : E : D D : F D B : C : E : C G E : G F D : C The third and fourth lines have the same 4-bar melody. The first phrase, to which the words “Silent Night” are sung, is repeated twice. Several short phrases in each verse are repeated. (See Silent Night in A Major for exactly the same tutorial in a lower key.) Silent Night: Main Melody Silent Night is written and played here in the key of C Major, and has a 3/4 (waltz) time signature (as does Away in a Manger). View a range of Christmas Carols Music Books at Amazon. Check out our complete series on mastering Christmas Carols on Piano and Keyboard.Ĭlick on any of the music scores to view/print higher resolution versions ![]()
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