Product Description
These
lively arrangements are intended for the elementary pianists or keyboard
players. While some duets are more challenging than others, the notation has
usually been kept as simple as possible and musical elements such as dynamics,
articulations, phrasing and slurs have been omitted completely. To make things
easier for the players, the piano parts are printed in large type with Primo
and Secondo parts on separate pages. In the Secondo part, chords
are printed underneath the staff (rather than above) to create space for the
fingering suggestions.
Elementary
pianists rarely have the valuable opportunity of playing in an ensemble. The
main feature of the Really Easy Christmas Collection for piano duet is
that its fully compatible with the Optional Instrumental Pack, a set of
instrumental parts for all 20 songs in this collection. The Instrumental Pack
contains (a) full scores of each piece plus a set of parts in various
transpositions. It is available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21394520
The
duets include 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.
The
audio examples include several other instruments using parts from the Optional
Instrumental Pack.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.