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Free Sheet Music for Children: Easy Version of Ukrainian Bell Carol

Free sheet music for children is an even better deal when it's a beautiful song with which they may already be familiar. I have had several students inform me that the Ukrainian Bell Carol (or Hark How the Bells) is the "Home Alone" movie theme!


Beginner piano students are frequently thrilled to have this piece -- even in July! -- because they love to play "real" music they have heard before.



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I have found this beginner piano version of the Ukrainian Bell Carol to be a really good way to "grind" the rhythm of the four-note motif into students' heads. When they are made to count "1-2, 1, 1, 1-2. 1-2, 1, 1, 1-2," it seems easier than to meet it for the first time with eighth notes. (See my regular version of the Ukrainian Bell Carol.) And kids are generally kind of slow with the LH at this level of playing, so counting long beats makes sense to them in this song.

There's a different kind of hand coordination going on with this easy song -- busy LH, easy RH. To make it last longer, have students repeat the song up an octave.

Have fun with this free sheet music for children!





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