Top 5 Christmas Songs for Harmonica + Easy ‘C’ Harp Tabs

Get ready to spread some holiday cheer with your harmonica! In this comprehensive lesson, we'll be playing 5 easy Christmas classics, transforming your harmonica into a melodious instrument of seasonal joy. Whether you're a seasoned harmonica maestro or a curious beginner, this lesson is tailor-made for you.

Equipped with a play-along video and free harmonica tabs for C diatonic harmonica, you'll be confidently playing these beloved tunes in no time. So grab your harmonica, gather your loved ones, and let's make this Christmas truly harmonious!

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Top 5 Easy Christmas Songs for Harmonica

1. Silent Night

2. Jingle Bells

3. Frosty the Snowman

4. O Little Town of Bethlehem

5. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

The tab system

The song is tabbed out for diatonic harmonica (in any key). The symbols I use are pretty basic - positive numbers are blow, negative numbers are draw.

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Silent Night - harmonica tabs:

6 -6 6 5

Silent night

6 -6 6 5

Holy night

-8 -8 -7 7 7 6

All is calm, all is bright

-6 -6 7 -7 -6

Round yon Virgin

6 -6 6 5

Mother and Child

-6 -6 7 -7

Holy infant

-6 6 -6 6 5

So tender and mild

-8 -8 -9 -8 -7 7 8

Sleep in heavenly peace

7 6 5 6 -5 -4 4

Sleep in heavenly peace

Jingle Bells - harmonica tabs:

6 8 -8 7 6

Dashing through the snow

6 6 6 8 -8 7 -6

on a one horse open sleigh

-6 -9 8 -8 -7

over fields we go

9 9 -9 -8 8

Laughing all the way

6 8 -8 7 6

Bells on bobtail ring

6 8 -8 7 -6

Making spirits bright

-6 -6 -9 8 -8 9 9 9

What fun it is to ride and sing

9 -10 9 -9 -8 7

a sleighing song tonight

9 8 8 8 8 8 8

Oh Jingle bells, Jingle bells

8 9 7 -8 8

Jingle all the way

-9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 8

Oh what fun it is to ride

8 8 8 -8 -8 8 -8

on a one horse open sleigh

9 8 8 8 8 8 8

Oh Jingle bells, Jingle bells

8 9 7 -8 8

Jingle all the way

-9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 8

Oh, what fun it is to ride

8 8 9 9 -9 -8 7

on a one horse open sleigh

Frosty the Snowman - harmonica tabs:

6 5 -5 6 7

Frost-y the snow-man

-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6

Was a jol-ly, hap-py soul

-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 6 7 5

With a corn-cob pipe and a but-ton nose

5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 6

And two eyes made out of coal

6 5 -5 6 7

Frost-y the snow-man

-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6

Is a fair-y tale they say

-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 6 7 5

He was made of snow but the child-ren know

5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4

How he came to life one day

6 -6 -6 7 7 -7 -6 6

There must have been some mag-ic in

5 -5 -6 6 -5 5

That old silk hat they found

4 -4 -4 6 6 -7 -7 -8

For when they placed it on his head

-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6

He be-gan to dance a-round

6 6 5 -5 6 7 -7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 6

Oh, Frost-y the snow-man was a-live as he could be

-7 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 6 7 5

And the child-ren say he could laugh and play

5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4

Just the same as you and me

O Little Town of Bethlehem - harmonica tabs:

3 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6

Oh little town of Be-eth-le-e-hem

5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 4

How still we-e see thee lie

3 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6

Above thy deep and dre-eam-le-ess sleep

5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 4

The si-le-nt stars go by

4 5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6

Ye-et in thy da-ark stre-ets shi-i-i-i-neth

3 4 5 -4 4 3

The everlasting light

3 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6

The hopes and fears of a-ll th-e years

5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 4

Are met i-n thee tonight

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - harmonica tabs:

6 -6 6 5 7 -6 6

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

6 -6 6 -6 6 7 -7

had a very shiny nose

-5 6 -5 -4 -7 -6 6

and if you ever saw it

6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 5

you would even say it glows

6 -6 6 5 7 -6 6

All of the other reindeer

6 -6 6 -6 6 7 -7

used to laugh and call him names

-5 6 -5 -4 -7 -6 6

They never let poor Rudolph

6 -6 6 -6 6 -8 7

join in any reindeer games

-6 -6 7 -6 6 5 6

Then one foggy Christmas eve

-5 -6 6 -5 5

Santa came to say

-4 5 6 -6 -7 -7 -7

Rudolph with your nose so bright

7 7 -7 -6 6 -5 -4

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

6 -6 6 5 7 -6 6

Then how the reindeer loved him

6 -6 6 -6 6 7 -7

as they shouted out with glee

-5 6 -5 -4 -7 -6 6

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

6 -6 6 -6 6 -8 7

you'll go down in history!

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