5 Stupidly Simple Christmas Songs (On Harmonica) 

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:14 Angels We Have Heard on High
4:24 Blue Christmas
8:41 Grandma Got Run Over by a Rainbow
11:39 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
17:16 The First Noel
My Name is Luke with Harmonica.com and I’m gonna show you 5 super simple Christmas songs, starting with a few that are suitable even if today is your first day with the instrument - no bending’s required for anything in this video, and we’re doing it all on our trusty C harmonica’s.
Angels We Have Heard on High
If you know it well and love it, and even if today is your first day on the harmonica, I think this is gonna be a really fun and rewarding challenge, a great example of how special the harmonica is, and why it’s truly the people’s instrument.
Here are the harmonica tabs in C for Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)
45 45 45 56 56 -45 45
45 -34 45 56 45 -34 34
45 45 45 56 56 -45 45
45 -34 45 56 45 -34 34
56 -56 56 -45 45 -45
56 -45 45 -34 45
-45 45 -34 34 -34 -12 -12
34 -34 45 -45 45 -34
56 -56 56 -45 45 -45
56 -45 45 -34 45
-45 45 -34 34 -34 -12 -12
34 -34 45 -45 45 -34 34 34
Blue Christmas
For Elvis’ classic “Blue Christmas” we’re still gonna learn a version that doesn’t require any single notes, but this one is just a bit trickier because there’s some big jumps. But you can do it! Here are the harmonica tabs in C for Blue Christmas:
23 34 -34 45 45 -34 34 -23 -34
-12 -34 45 -45 -45 45 -34 34 45
45 -45 56 -45 45 56
-45 45 -34 -45 56 -56
-12 -12 -23 34 -34 45 45 45 -34 34
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Let’s work on what’s arguably the funniest Christmas song of all time. Harmonica tabs in C:
45 45 45 45 45 45 -34 34 56 45
45 45 45 56 -45 45 -34 45 -45
-56 -56 -56 -56 -56 -56 56 -45 56 45
45 -34 -34 45 -45 45 -34 34 -23 34
Now for the next 2 songs you’ll need to know how to isolate notes. I recommend sticking with chords for many days or weeks before worrying about single notes, but if you feel you’re ready for it, check out my vid Single Notes for Beginners here.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Harmonica tabs in C:
4 5 6 7 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4
4 5 6 7 6
5 6 7 8 -8 7 -7 -6 6 -5 5
4 5 6 7 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4
4 5 6 7 6
5 6 7 8 -9 8 -8 7 -7 -8 8
8 8 -6 7
-8 8 -8 7 -7 -6 -7 7
The First Noel
Like the song Joy to the World, the First Noel is also a great example of how knowing the major scale can help us to contextualize and recognize the patterns within melodies, which also then makes it easier for us to memorize songs.
Here’s the C Major Scale Harmonica tabs:
Going up: 4 -4 5 -5 6 -6 -7 7
Coming down: 7 -7 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4
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And here are the harmonica tabs in C for The First Noel:
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6
-6 -7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 -7
7 -7 -6 6 -6 -7 7 6 -5 5 (REPEAT)
NOTE: In the video I failed to recognize that the chorus should have a first and second ending, going high only on the second time through. Below it the harmonica tabs for the first ending, and the paragraph of tabs after that for the second ending.
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6
7 -7 -6 -6 6
7 -7 -6 6 -6 -7 7 6 -5 5
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6
7 -7 -6 -7 7 -8 8
7 -7 -6 6 -6 -7 7 6 -5 5

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