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Silent Night — melody and warm bass

Play Silent Night with both hands, supporting Gruber’s peaceful melody with warm three-beat bass notes.

Next stepsFranz Xaver Gruber · Opening eight bars with bass · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · C major · 3/4

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Try it at the keyboard

  1. Hold each left-hand dotted minim for the entire bar while the right hand shapes the melody.
  2. Listen for the change to G2 in the bass at bar 5 when the melody climbs to D5.
  3. Play both hands gently and smoothly.

About this score

Opening eight bars in C major with a sustained C/G dotted-minim bass line.

Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber (1818); C-major piano arrangement by NotePlayMusic. Public domain 1818 composition. Teaching arrangement newly authored by NotePlayMusic.

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