Don’t discard those worn-out Christmas carols! While they’re still fresh, they make a great educational tool for children (and others) to learn intervals.
By associating a song you already know with an interval, you can immediately sing that interval.
Here’s an incomplete list of Christmas carols whose opening interval starts with various intervals.
Any other suggestions?
Minor 2nd ascending
I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas
Minor 2nd descending
Joy To The World (the first line is a complete major scale descending)
Major 2nd ascending
Silent Night
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Major 2nd descending
Deck the halls
Minor 3rd ascending
Jingle Bells (chorus)
Major 3rd ascending
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Perfect 4th ascending
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Away In A Manger
12 Days of Christmas
Perfect 4th descending
O Come All Ye Faithful
Perfect 5th ascending
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Major 6th ascending
The Holly And The Ivy
Octave ascending
The Christmas Song (chestnuts roasting on an open fire)
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