Süßer die Glocken nie klingen (Never Do Bells Ring More Sweetly)

Traditionnel (Thuringe) · Level 2 (Beginner) · traditional · Piano

A German Christmas song: words by Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1860) to a Thuringian folk tune. Bells never ring as sweetly as at Christmas. An easy arrangement in F major: the right hand plays the tune, the left hand holds open fifths (root and fifth of each chord).

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

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.

Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après l’air populaire de Thuringe · Public Domain