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Listen to this lovely arrangement by Loreena McKennitt (available at Amazon.com) Here is the free online Christmas music Bring a Torch with a simple melody:
Download free kids sheet music Bring a Torch for beginner piano students But don't leave it like that! Turn this free online Christmas music into a duet with your student by showing them how to use chords in inversions (like a cadence), then using them as a rhythmic element. Give them the melody first, so they have some time to get familiar with it. Then, when they are secure with the melody, switch and have them play the chords.
Download free online Christmas music Bring a Torch with chord symbols I'd start with a simple pattern of one chord per measure -- LH and RH together. Use full or open chords, whichever your student prefers, or even both: an open chord in LH, and a full triad in RH (c,e,g). Once this comes easily, try incorporating a rhythm of half-note, quarter; half-note, quarter (1-2, 3; 1-2, 3). It will seem hard to make the change from C to F and G quickly, playing chords in root
position, so here is where those chord inversions and cadences they have been learning take
on new meaning:
Here is one more way to use the chords in this Christmas song:
Wikipedia says this about the carol: "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" (French: Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle) is a Christmas carol which originated from the Provence region of France in the 16th century. The song is unique among Christmas carols in that it is in 3/8 time. The carol was first published in 1553 in France, and was subsequently translated into English in the 18th century. The song was originally not a song to be sung at Christmas, but rather dance music for French nobility. The carol tells the story of two milkmaids, Jeanette and Isabella, who go to milk their cows in a stable in Bethlehem, only to find the baby Jesus sleeping in the manger. The two girls run to town to tell the village of the coming of Christ, and the townspeople come with their own torches to view the sight for themselves. However, they have to keep their voices down so little Jesus can enjoy his dreams. To this day in the Provence region, children dress up as shepherds and milkmaids, carrying torches and candles to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, while singing the carol."
Below, I have put the lyrics to Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella in PDF format (English and also French) so you can download and print them off easily:
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