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Piano Lesson: Learn To Play Jingle Bells Without Piano Sheet Music 2

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Jennib And Friends

In this piano lesson we will learn to play piano Christmas music. We will use piano tab notation so you don’t need to read piano sheet music.

Jingle Bells is one of the most popular secular Christmas songs in the world. The most played part of the song is the refrain which we will concentrate on in this piano lesson.

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

In this piano lesson you will learn to play Jingle Bells without the use of piano sheet music. After this learn to play piano tutorial you will be able to play the melody with both hands!

Instead of piano sheet music we will use piano tab notation which will tell you where to place your fingers as you play the melody.

The first thing we will do is to locate the note C.

You will find the note C on many places on the piano. It is the white key to the left of two black keys.

Now it’s time to locate the middle C. It is the C right in the middle of the keyboard. On an ordinary upright piano it is near the keyhole.

In our piano lesson we will number the keys. The middle C in our piano tab notation is called 1.

What does 1 mean?

When you see the number 1 you are to press down the middle C once. The white key to the right of C is called 2, the next 3 and so on.

Let’s play some piano tab notes:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Now you have played a C-major scale with the actual notes C D E F G A B.

Let’s proceed in our piano lesson and play the first notes of Jingle Bells!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

3 3 3 3 3 3

This is the first part of the refrain. Easy?

I guess that you hear that the third and sixt note has to be a bit longer to create the melody Jingle Bells.

So far we have only used the right hand for playing the melody. How can you use your left hand?

Let’s make this piece a little bit more difficult and also more rewarding to

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Top Five Classic Christmas Movies 0

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Jennib And Friends

As with holiday music, you want to have the classic Christmas movies in your collection to compliment your holiday season.  In this article, we will take a look at the must have top five Classic Christmas movies and one of them is a modern classic!

We endlessly repeat the mantra that “Christmas is a time for the family” because it’s true:  Christmas is the best time to set aside all of life’s preoccupations and simply enjoy time with those that you love.

But what do you do with those that you love?  Well, in my family, one of our greatest joys and traditions is to gather in the living room and watch some of the top classic Christmas movies.  What do we watch?  Well, here is my list of the top five, each of which embodies the spirit of giving and caring which is what Christmas is all about.

The first Christmas classic movie comes from the book by Charles Dickens called “A Christmas Carol”.  Starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, this has been hailed by many as the best adaption of the Charles Dickens book.  Scrooge, an unkind and merciless business man, is visited by the ghost of his late business partner and spirits of the past who teach him valuable life lessons.  The changes that Scrooge realizes throughout the movie allow us all to remember what is important in life.

Coming in second place, the film “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a must see every Christmas.  This is a tale of a man, George Bailey (performed by Jimmy Stewart)  besieged by unrealized dreams and life frustrations.  It is a tale not unfamiliar to many.  Then, he is visited by an otherworldly messenger who reminds him how good life is and that he needs to appreciate all that he has.  Don’t we all?

“Miracle on 34th Street” earns my nod for the number three Christmas classic.  This is the story of Kris Kringle, who is hired to replace the current, and intoxicated, Macy’s Santa.  Kris jovially plays the role of Santa and earns the good graces

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Personalized Children’s Music – Using Music To Calm Your Baby! 0

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jennib And Friends

Music is a wonderful way to calm and soothe your baby. Music has been found to be one of the most effective ways to calm a baby, especially during the first year. Many parents will tell you that music was the only way they could get their baby to stop fussing.

Certain sounds have proven to calm even the fussiest babies. The sound of nature is one of the most effective along with white noise and of course music. Use music as often as you can to encourage a calm feeling in your baby. There is also nothing sweeter than listening to a grandson’s response to lullaby music. I highly recommend lullaby music to anyone who knows and loves a baby.

The latest and newest music albums are personalized children’s music CDs. They even have a lullaby one called “You’re an Angel“, which features the child’s name in the music throughout the songs. I stumbled upon this music while shopping at Sam’s Club, one of my favorite places to shop. They allow vendor shows from time to time. Anyway, as I was strolling down the isle, I came across this booth playing these hip children’s songs. I had my grandson with me and they asked me for his name. They played several different albums for us each with my grandson’s name in the music. It was amazing. I could not believe my ears, it was so good and my grandson’s eyes lit up a mile wide! I bought “You are my Friend” for my grandson and since my daughter was expecting, and had already decided on a name, I purchased the “You’re an Angel” cd with the following message on the cd label:

Guy

Welcome to the World!

We Love You,

Grandpa & Grandma 2009

You can choose from Disney Princess Tea Party, You Can Do Anything, You are my Friend, You are a Winner, Elmo and Veggie Tales, and even Mickey & Minnie

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