Robert Anthony

Christmas Music for Beginning Piano Robert Anthony

After releasing Christmas Music for Easy Piano, which is a tool I use to train my piano students to be able to play common left-hand chords on piano while learning material that makes them want to practice, I have been getting requests for something easier and more geared towards an absolute beginner... So, I created: Christmas Music for Beginning Piano! In this book, you will find two arrangements of each song, plus a simple lead-sheet (melody with chord symbols). Both arrangements split the melody between both hands, and nearly all of the songs are arranged so that the hands do not change position. The first arrangement of each piece is the melody only and has a diagram showing where to place the hands on the keyboard, while the second arrangement adds harmony, making the arrangement self-accompanying. Lyrics are not included in these arrangements, but the lead-sheet arrangement contains the first verse or chorus fitting the arrangement. I did it this way for two reasons:1. This is not a sing-along song book, but a book for beginning piano players looking for familiar music that they can play right away.2. I did not want the clutter of the lyrics on the piano arrangements. I lead-sheet arrangements with lyrics for convenience. Songs: Angels From the Realms of Glory, Angels We Have Heard on High, Auld Lang Syne, Away in a Manger, The Boar's Head Carol, Bring a Torch, Carol of the Bells, Christ Was Born on Christmas Day, Coventry Carol, Deck the Halls, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, The First Noel, The Friendly Beasts, From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, Gesú Bambino, Go Tell It on the Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Good King Wenceslas, Hallelujah Chorus, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Here We Come A-Wassailing, The Holly and the Ivy, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Joy to the World, Noel! Noel!, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, O Holy Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Ode to Joy, Once in Royal David's City, Silent Night, Toyland, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Up On the Housetop, We Three Kings, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, What Child is This?, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.