Description
Arranged for easy piano by Barrie Carson Turner, each of the 25 Christmas songs featured here come complete with helpful fingering hints, lyrics & guitar chord symbols, as well as a short description of every song with interesting facts, & performance tips, letting you know what to watch out for to make each performance really shine. All the songs included have been transcribed in simplified arrangements, but there is still a variation in difficulty, meaning this book will keep you challenged for many Christmases to come.
Angels from the Realms of Glory – Trad. French. G
Away in a Manger – Kirkpatrick. G
Coventry Carol, The – Trad. English. G minor
Deck the Halls (Nos Galan) – Trad. Welsh. F
Ding Dong Merrily on High – Trad. French. G
First Nowell, The – Trad. English. D
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Trad. English. E minor
Good King Wenceslas [Piae Cantiones 1582] - Trad. G
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing – Mendelssohn. G
Holly and the Ivy, The – Trad. English. G
I Saw Three Ships – Trad. English. G
In The Bleak Midwinter – Holst. F
Jingle Bells – Pierpont. G
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Horton. G
Joy to the World – Handel (attrib.) D
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum / Red Flag, The) – Trad. German. F
O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) – Wade (attrib.). G
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Trad. English. F
Once in Royal David's City – Gauntlett. G
Silent Night – Gruber. C
Twelve Days of Christmas, The – Trad. English. G
Unto Us a Boy is Born [Piae Cantiones 1582] - Trad. D
We Three Kings of Orient Are – Hopkins. E minor
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Trad. English. G
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks [Este's Psalter 1592] - Trad.. F