How to Play Jingle Bells on Banjo - Super Easy Version

This is how to play Jingle Bells on the banjo. This is a super easy version suitable for the rank beginner, so that no matter how short a time you have been playing, you will be able to play a Christmas tune! (Chris Talley Armstrong; The Bluegrass Shack - New Athens, IL)

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[bluegrassaaron]

what key are you tuned to

[blueiis2]

@bluegrassaaron Standard 5-string tuning: gDGBD this is open G tuning, and the song is in the key of G.

[ThriftShopperNC]

I am going to start working on this tomorrow, since I already know the chords required. I just wish it was written out, because I function better having something written to refer to. ( Mel Bay Banjo book is the only reason i've progressed to "Bile them Cabbage Down")

[blueiis2]

@ThriftShopperNC If you need a tab version, just get out a piece of tab paper and write it down so you can look at it!

[harryfaquad]

That was wonderful and ridiculously easy...good work and I love your smiles, makes me feel comfortable as I stumble through this :) Thank you for the post. Got any more??

[blueiis2]

@harryfaquad I have a number of other videos, but I think only one more Christmas video for banjo. It's Silent Night. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[SB47ab16]

Thank you for this. A great little lesson. I've have only been playing for a short time, well a matter of months to be truthful and i find your lessons extremely helpful.

Once again thank you.

[madfortrad5958]

very good

[Fretkillr]

Very nice instruction. That's a high end banjo. I tried to play the banjo but I frailed miserably.

[blueiis2]

Well, you can get an Irish Tenor banjo, which is a 4-string banjo with 17 frets. (Regular tenor has 19 frets.) You can also play Irish music on a 5-string. Since I don't play Irish music on the banjo except for the occasional tune, I don't know that I can answer this question with solid knowledge. Try doing a search on Irish banjo music and see what you come up with.