Product Description
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a bright and attractive collection of twenty traditional Christmas songs and
carols intended for the elementary pianist or keyboard player. The notation is kept as simple as possible and musical elements such as dynamics,
articulations, phrasing and slurs are omitted completely. The piano part,
which also includes chords, is printed in large type.It's an ideal item for schools, and especially piano teachers for some seasonal sight-reading for students. The chords are printed below the stave rather than above, to allow space for fingering suggestions. Fingerings are omitted during repeated passages or when the fingering is considered obvious.
Elementary
pianists rarely have the opportunity of playing in an ensemble. The main
feature of Colin Kirkpatricks Really Easy Christmas Collection
is that its fully compatible with the Optional Instrumental Pack, a set
of instrumental parts transposed for a selection of popular instruments. It is available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21394520 While
the Optional Instrumental Pack is primarily intended to play along with
the piano, the arrangements use flexible instrumentation and can be used entirely on their own without the keyboard part, thus giving you extra flexibility.
The
book contains the following well-known Christmas carols and hymns: Angels from
the Realms of Glory (Melody: Gloria); As with Gladness, Men of Old (Melody:
Dix); Away in a Manger (Melody: Mueller); Deck the Halls (Melody: Nos Galan); Ding!
Dong! Merrily on High (Melody: Bransle de l'Officiel); God Rest You Merry,
Gentlemen (Melody: God Rest You Merry); Good Christians All Rejoice (Melody: In
Dulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas (Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); I Saw Three Ships (Melody: I Saw
Three Ships); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Joy to the World
(Melody: Antioch); Oh Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); Oh Come all ye
Faithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); Silent
Night (Melody: Stille Nacht); The First Nowell; The Holly and the Ivy (Melody:
Holly and the Ivy); We Three Kings and We
Wish You a Merry Christmas.
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