Dashing through the snow

Jingle Bells was written and composed by James S. Pierpont (1822-1893).

Pierpont performed this song for the first time in 1857 for a Thanksgiving program at the large Boston church where he taught Sunday School, and performed it again at Christmastime. It is reported that Pierpont actually wrote the song in 1850, and the original title was "One Horse Open Sleigh." It was published under that title in September 1857, selling for 25 cents per copy. It was published under the title "Jingle Bells" in 1859.

This was the first well-known American secular carol, however, the song did not acquire widespread popularity until the 20th century. The ironic aspect about this song becoming a favorite Christmas song is that there are no specific references to Christmas in its lyrics.

ASSIGNMENT:
1. Write out the meldoy for Jingle Bells in the key of D Major. It starts in the third note of the D scale.
2. This piece should be 16 measures long, using quarter notes and half notes.
3. I will provide the bassline for the piece (in an e-mail). You will need to compose a countermelody using the chord tones of the named chords.
DUE: Tuesday, December 2
Please write it in Finale Notepad and print it out. Please do not e-mail it to me.