- Level: Elementary
- Pages: 6 pages, 4 pages of music, 1 page of tips, cover included!
- Style: Bubbly, energetic
- Format: PDF instant download OR Printed sheet music
Here’s another elementary holiday piece that makes beginning piano students sound amazing! Jingle Bells has never sounded this exciting to young students and the easy pattern based intro and theme will make it so fun to play. Your students will be thrilled with how easy it is to play a glissando both up and down the keyboard when they do it with an index card!
Parents and guests of your recital will think you are the most amazing teacher ever.
What other holiday pieces make elementary students sound more advanced?
Besides this easy Jingle Bells, check out Deck the Hall for another piece that makes elementary students sound amazing!
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Bev Knight –
My nine year old student was absolutely grinning from ear to ear when I played this for her. It was SO fun to watch my student’s face light up. She’s already decided it’s her Christmas recital song.
Robin Steinweg –
I have a few students who simply cannot let go of your “Jingle Bells” even after Christmas–they enjoy it so much (one of them is a doctor ). And it’s so fun, I look forward to hearing it every time.
Irma Khouw –
Jingle Bells was a hit last year! My student had fun playing it and the audience was impressed. My student was in Succeeding at the Piano 1B and I taught her this mostly by rote.
Barb Adam –
My students LOVE this FUN Jingle Bells with the upbeat rhythms and glissandos! It’s the exciting opener on our holiday program! ???? Thank you for exciting music!
Barb Adam –
5 stars!!!
Robin Steinweg –
I have young students waiting in line to be advanced enough to play this! What a fun piece, and sounds sophisticated with time signature changes. Yet very accessible. Well done!
Deborah –
This piece has been a hit with several of my students since I originally purchased it a couple of years ago. It’s especially popular with older beginners who want to sound more advanced than they’re ready for, as well as students (in my case, particularly boys), who enjoy playing LOUD and FAST. I have had parents consistently comment on the creativity of the arrangements I use for my holiday recitals and it’s thanks to pieces like this one that keep the audience engaged!
Kylie Stacey –
LOVE this arrangement! This pattern based piece sounds delightful, yet is so simple to teach and learn. The glissandos really make the students feel like they are pros! It’s a song that brings quick delight and success.
Shoko –
Yesterday, in the lesson with a 2rd grader, we came up with a fabulous solution for the glissandi – gloves! The rest of the piece works also fine with knit gloves and it looks super cute! Now we just need to find a matching Santa hat (no Christmas party this year, but the children will be hosting their own Zoom Christmas Afternoon Tea for their grandparents).
Wendy Stevens –
Oh how fun! And the student’s fingers don’t slip off the piano? Great idea. You can also use an index card placed at the bottom and top of the piano. Thanks for sharing!
Betsy –
This is hands-down THE MOST FUN arrangement of Jingle Bells ever. Three glissandi?!? Who does that? Students adore this gem!
Nathalie –
A great piece for busy students that are more “intermediateish” as well. The glissandi are a lot of fun to play. My daughter loved them. The change of meter that is not too difficult to do sounds flashy and is a great introduction to changing meter.
Valerie Alfonso –
Favorite version of Jingle Bells for the late elementary! Such energy!!! I have given this to several students, and watched their eyes widen as they realized that they COULD play this kind of level. My new favorite!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Debbie Federer –
I’m using What Child is This? Jingle Bells and Deck the Hall and piano too…The students are loving these pieces from the soothing sounds of What Child is This to the glissandos of Jingle Bells and Deck the Hall. They see how easy the songs are and they are commenting on how “grown-up” it sounds.
Karen –
I played your video of the jingle bells for my student and he thought it sounded hard and was blown away with the glissandos. When he saw the music and realized he could play it, he was very excited, and told his mom all about it when she came to pick him up. He is having fun!
Heather K. –
I taught this one to my 6-year-old son who has been playing piano for about a year. He absolutely loves it and plays it about 10 times every day! It is wonderful to have a piece that is so motivating and fun to play.
Rachel –
A fun piece that makes a big splash that’s impressive, but with patterning that makes it quite doable to learn!
Danielle –
This version of Jingle Bells is so festive and energetic! My students and I are over the moon with this one! So glad to have it part of our Christmas music experience! Once students understand the patterns, they are surprised and delighted that they can actually play it! Thank you so much, Wendy! You have elevated my piano studio with your incredible gift of composing music that all ages love! The art work adds so much too!!
Robin Steinweg –
I reviewed this in 2017, and I have to say, 8 years later, this remains one of the favorite winter/Christmas recital pieces for students and audience! It is a surprise from beginning to end, and makes students feel incredibly accomplished. Thank you, Wendy!
Melinda –
We had the BEST time at our Christmas tea using this song as an audience participation piece! Before my student played it, I passed out a couple of tambourines, bundles of jingle bells tied together, and a triangle to my group. Then I coached them on how they would be keeping along with the meter of 4, then of 3 when I called out 3, then 4 for them to be shaking along with the piece. I also coached them that they would be yelling “jingle jingle!” and shaking their instruments when the meter of 2 showed up, as well as jingling along with the glissando. My student is accustomed to my creative antics and was well grounded in the piece, so I knew that we could carry it off. What FUN! Then we closed out the party using the rhythm cups and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas!” Thank you, Wendy, for giving us tools for experiencing such JOY.