Jingle Bells on the kazoo: tabs
Jingle Bells is a easy song on the kazoo: 51 notes over 16 bars in 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 30 seconds. It uses 5 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Jingle Bells kazoo tab in letters
| E4 E4 E4 - | E4 E4 E4 - | | E4 G4 C4 D4 | E4 - - r | | F4 F4 F4 F4 | F4 E4 E4 E4E4 | | E4 D4 D4 E4 | D4 - G4 - | | E4 E4 E4 - | E4 E4 E4 - | | E4 G4 C4 D4 | E4 - - r | | F4 F4 F4 F4 | F4 E4 E4 E4E4 | | G4 G4 F4 D4 | C4 - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is E4, used for 26 of the 51 notes. The tune goes from C4 up to G4.
- The widest jump is from G4 to C4 (7 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 29 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The kazoo page explains the notes in more detail.