The First Noel
Free Christmas Sheet Music
The First Noel free Christmas sheet music for piano, in the keys of C, D, and G (the Middle C version).
- Three different simple arrangements, late elementary level, of a favorite old Christmas song.
- Two beginner versions set at Middle C with shared hands, one plain, and one with letters in a few of the note-heads.
The Middle C arrangements
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Use the chord symbols to make a duet for you and your student.
A version with a few letters in note-heads
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The melody is a perfect scale
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First, show your student the right hand fingering of a C scale. Then help them figure out this melody, maybe just using the keys, and not the sheet music - the rote method.
With The First Noel, it is really fun for them to see how much of this melody is really nothing but a scale!
Block chords, and small & long broken chords
One of the arrangements uses plain block chords, but the other two versions of this free Christmas song use broken chords, both small triads and broken chord stretch (the 1, 5, and 8 of the scale).
Turn it into a duet, just for the lesson
With you on the melody, stop and wait in each measure as they find the I, IV, and V chords.
See if they can GUESS what the chords are, just by the sound (this is apart from the music, just playing by ear). Then go on to part 2, and tell them about the iii chord (Em).
Then, even if they're not ready to play the hands together, try it again, having them "break" the chords while you play the melody, as shown in the arrangement below.
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When students can coordinate right hand melody with left hand broken chords, they are ready for the "broken chord stretch" version of these free Christmas songs. The piece is actually easier than it sounds, because the two hands "take turns" moving, for the most part.
A beautiful left hand part - an octave broken chord
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The key of D (not shown, but available in the links below) is not as easy, but is even more beautiful (in my opinion!).
Your students will enjoy moving into this key after learning it in C. They will already have the fingering down, but it will sound fresh and feel interesting (and make them feel clever!) when they so easily add the two sharps to the melody.
The links to the easy Middle C arrangements:
Download the note-reader version of First Noel for beginners
Download the same arrangement, but with a few lettered notes
The links to the printable PDFs:
Download The First Noel with blocked triads in left hand
Download free Christmas sheet music with simple broken triads
Print free online Christmas music in key of C, with longer broken chords
Print free piano sheet music for First Noel in key of D with longer left hand chords
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