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We Wish You a Merry Christmas — right-hand melody

Play the lively 3/4 traditional West Country carol in C major with your right hand.

Next stepsTraditional English carol · Opening eight-bar verse in C major · piano one handPiano · One hand · C major · 3/4

108 beats per minute. Changing speed stops playback; press Play to start again.

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Notice the musical sequence in bars 1–5: each two-bar phrase climbs one step higher up the scale!
  2. Keep the paired quavers ("Mer-ry Christ-mas") light and articulate.
  3. Count three steady beats per bar through the final cadence.

About this score

Eight-bar C-major verse arrangement with sequential phrases in 3/4 time.

Traditional English West Country carol; C-major piano arrangement by NotePlayMusic. Public domain traditional melody. Teaching arrangement newly authored by NotePlayMusic.

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