Deck the Halls (Nos Galan)

Traditionnel (Pays de Galles) · Level 2 (Beginner) · traditional · Piano

An 18th-century Welsh New Year’s Eve tune (Nos Galan), which became the English Christmas carol “Deck the Halls” with its “fa la la la la”. An easy arrangement in F major: the right hand plays the tune, the left hand alternates a bass note and a two-note chord (“oom-pah”).

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Learn the tune alone by singing it, then the left hand alone: spot the chord changes before putting hands together in Wait mode, then at a reduced tempo.

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Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après l’air gallois « Nos Galan » · Public Domain