Enya A Day Without Rain Review

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(More customer reviews)I enjoyed the CD, and a little over a year ago I started learning to play the piano as an adult.I was a little apprehensive that this book would be over my head, but my piano teacher has already incorporated some of these songs into my "curriculum".The arrangements are a bit challenging for someone at my level of skill, but what saves me is that the tempo of these enchanting songs are slow enough that I can keep up.I am quite happy with this book.

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Enya A Day Without Rain Brand: Alfred Publishing Model Number: 55-8508A

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Sleigh Ride and Other Christmas Songs & Carols Review

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(More customer reviews)I thought this product was the same collection of music we had as a kid... but no.:(Anyway, the collection still has a lot of good songs in it, but I didn't realize that the "Big Note Piano" on the corner meant simplified.It's definitely beginner music (intermediate and advanced players will be rather bored).

I guess they don't make the full collection anymore.It's too bad.I'm looking for some old Christmas songs that were only in this book.

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Thirty-nine big note piano arrangements. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High * The First Noel * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old St. Nicholas * O Holy Night * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

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First Christmas Carols Pre-Reading Piano Solos in Five-Finger Patterns (More For Your Method ¯ Piano Education) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is wonderful for very beginning piano students.My daughter wanted to play We 3 Kings, and she has had 1 semester of lessons.She was able to shine with this book!

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Away in a Manger * Good King Wenceslas * Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head * O Come All Ye Faithful * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel * We Three Kings of Orient Are.

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Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues Review

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(More customer reviews)This documentary does what so many others on Black Music failed to do, itdiscusses the music in the context of black struggle in America.The reason this DVD was such a breath of fresh air to me is because I purchased it after returning a documentary (American Roots Music) that did the exact opposite.Where American Roots Music teases the viewer with one or two seconds of it's "rare footage", Blues Masters shows rare sessions with Son House, Leadbelly, Bessie Smith and many more virtually uncut.Where American Roots Music attempts to handle the music as if it exists in a vacuum; Blues Masters doesn't separate the music from the people who created it. The latter even makes mention and shows footage of self-determined Black leaders such as Marcus Garveyand Father Divine, who both were very influential among common Black folks of the time. It discusses the "Racist Regime of America" and it's deep mistreatment of Blacks and alludes to the fact that this deep seated oppression and pain had to be an element of what actually drove Black folks to create the blues in the first place. This DVD is a must have. Buy two copies, just in case one of your friends decide to borrow it and never give it back.

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Born on the plantations of the Mississippi Delta, the blues is America's roots music. Few performances of the early masters were ever captured on film, but those that were are profoundly insightful and entertaining. On this DVD, enjoy blues masters Son Ho

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Simply Christmas Review

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(More customer reviews)These arrangements are particularly well done.The songs are simple enough for someone who has been taking lessons for 1-2 years (a second grade piano student), and they are fun and interesting to play.

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A delightful collection of carol favorites for the early intermediate player. These creatively styled piano arrangements are designed as solos and are easy to play. Perfect for seasonal recitals or that special family gathering.

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The Alfred Burt Christmas Carols: 50th Anniversary Edition (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a very interesting edition of the 15 Alfred Burt Christmas carols.It includes not only the original music and lyrics, but also images of the original greeting cards which were sent out between 1942-54.Burt died too soon at the age of 33, and included in this book are writings by his wife Anne which tell about the carols and her life with Alfred.Many people already know "Some Children See Him," "Caroling, Caroling," and "The Star Carol," but "All On A Christmas Morning" and "Come, Dear Children" are just as great.Burt was the son of an Episcopal rector, but he was also influenced by jazz, so you find both hymnody and modern harmonies in his work."The Star Carol" is not only his masterpiece, it is also one of the greatest carols ever written.

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This collection of 15 holiday songs by Burt includes Christmas card artwork and text for the year each song was released. Includes: Caroling, Caroling * Come, Dear Children * Some Children See Him * The Star Carol * and more.

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Christmas Oratorio in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)Dover Publications full scores are a boon for music student and others on a budget: Being reprints of old editions free of copyright, they represent the very best value-for-money on the market, even though the newest Urtext scholarship may not be present in them. Most of them are very readable, and indeed holds a high enough quality for anyone.

This publication, however, has a few problems. First of all, the print quality of Dover scores seems to be variable, and this is one of the worse ones. While the note heads themselves are very large and visible, the stems are often halfway removed (in general, the paper quality isn't as good as in most of my other Dover scores, a major point for those of us who like to make notes in our scores). In this music, you can probably predict a note value with reasonable accuracy, but it's still a bit annoying. This edition is a copy of a print from 1856 (just a couple of decades after Mendelssohns famed "rediscovery" of Bach), which not only is very old even for a Dover score, but it also means that quite a few old fashioned idioms are present. First of all, C clefs are used by soprano, alto and tenor, which may pose a problem for some. Another thing entirely is the fact that the edition was printed a century before the period style movement gained any hold, which means that the instrumentation as given in this edition is what would be used in a 19th century performance of the oratorio. Although they have been faithfull when it comes to using archaic oboes (oboe d'amore and oboe d'caccia). The trumpets are, however, assigned to then modern instruments.

The worst part about this score, however, is the fact that while instrumentation varies for each movement, the names of each instrument playing is only mentioned at the beginning of each movement; you'll have to remember for yourself after that. To make matters worse, no bar numbers are added. These kinds of things annoy me quite a bit, as it would have been a very small job for Dover to fix these points, and it would make these scores a lot more practical.

Still, it is a score of an amazing piece of music, it's cheap, and I've yet to find any errors in the music itself. So I would definitely recommend it, but there is at the same time room for improvement.

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First produced in Leipzig in 1734-35, Bach's Christmas Oratorio unfolds in a set of six cantatas unified by a Biblical narrative relating the story of the birth of Christ. This masterpiece of sacred music, for centuries a favorite of concert audiences and church congregations throughout the Christmas season, has been reproduced directly from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra / Christmas Attic Review

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(More customer reviews)One of those Christmas CDs I play over and over.I don't care for rock but this group is great.

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Sequel to the highly successful Christmas Eve and Other Stories.The Lord sends his youngest Angel on a mission to earth to leave something special behind. The story unfolds through songs such as: An Angel's ShareBoughs of HollyChristmas CanonDream ChildGhosts of Christmas EveAngels We Have Heard on HighMusix Box BluesThe Snow Came Downand many others. Handsome songbook with story line, separate lyrics and color photos.

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Best Christmas Music (Big Note Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is one step up from Easy Play, where the book gives you 1 note melodies for the right hand only and easy chords.This book gives mostly easy chords and a line for each hand.Occasionally there are two notes for one hand instead of only one.Some songs have either one sharp or one flat.I mainly bought this book because it has the Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), but I enjoy many of the songs.
Contents:(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays; A Holly Jolly Christmas; Angels We Have Heard On High; Away In A Manger; Blue Christmas; Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella; C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S; Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus; Coventry Carol; Deck The Hall; Ding Dong! Merrily On High!; Frosty The Snow Man; Go, Tell It On The Mountain; Good Christian Men, Rejoice; Good King Wenceslas; Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer; Grandma's Killer Fruitcake; Happy Holiday; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; He Is Born; Hymne; I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; I Saw Three Ships; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; It Came Upon The Midnight Clear; It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas; Jingle Bells; Jingle-Bell Rock; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; Joy To The World; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming; Mary Had A Baby; Mister Santa; O Christmas Tree; O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles); O Holy Night; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; Please Come Home For Christmas; Pretty Paper; Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree; Rocking; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Silent Night; Silver Bells; Sussex Carol; Suzy Snowflake; The Chipmunk Song; The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire); The Christmas Waltz; The First Noel; The Friendly Beasts; The Holly And The Ivy; The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year; Up On The Housetop; We Need A Little Christmas; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; What Child Is This?; Wonderful Christmastime.
I recommend this book if you are looking for an easier but not completely simple Christmas carol book.

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A giant collection of 62 Christmas favorites for big-note piano. Songs include: Away in a Manger ¥ Blue Christmas ¥ The Chipmunk Song ¥ The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) ¥ The First Noel ¥ Frosty the Snow Man ¥ Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer ¥ Happy Holiday ¥ I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ¥ ItÕs Beginning to Look Like Christmas ¥ Mary Had a Baby ¥ Mister Santa ¥ Pretty Paper ¥ Silver Bells ¥ Suzy Snowflake ¥ Wonderful Christmastime ¥ and more.

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The Easy Christmas Fake Book: 100 Songs in the Key of C (Fake Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)100 songs in easy fake book notation:
Almost Day
And Suddenly It's Christmas
Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Angels We Have Heard On High
As Lately We Watched
As Long As There's Christmas
Away In A Manger
Away In A Manger
Because It's Christmas (For All The Children)
Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Burgundian Carol
Caroling, Caroling
The Chipmunk Song
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
The Christmas Shoes
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Christmas Time Is Here
The Christmas Waltz
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Coventry Carol
A Cradle In Bethlehem
Deck The Hall
Ding Dong! Merrily On High!
Do They Know It's Christmas?
Do You Hear What I Hear
Emmanuel
Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas Tonight
Feliz Navidad
The First Noel
The Friendly Beasts
Frosty The Snow Man
Gather Around The Christmas Tree
The Gift
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
The Greatest Gift Of All
Happy Holiday
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
He Is Born, The Holy Child (Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant)
The Holly And The Ivy
A Holly Jolly Christmas
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
How Lovely Is Christmas
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
I Saw Three Ships
I Wonder As I Wander
I'll Be Home For Christmas
In The Bleak Midwinter
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
It Must Have Been The Mistletoe (Our First Christmas)
Jingle-Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Joy To The World
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Little Saint Nick
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Love Came Down At Christmas
Merry Christmas, Darling
Merry, Merry Christmas, Baby
Mister Santa
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
O Come, O Come Immanuel
O Holy Night
O Leave Your Sheep
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Once In Royal David's City
Pretty Paper
Rocking
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Baby
Silent Night
Silver Bells
The Sleep Of The Infant Jesus
The Snow Lay On The Ground
Some Children See Him
Still, Still, Still
Sussex Carol
Suzy Snowflake
There's A Song In The Air
Up On The Housetop
Wassail Song
Wassail, Wassail
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
We'll Dress The House
Wexford Carol
What Child Is This?
While By My Sheep
Who Would Imagine A King
Winds Through The Olive Trees
Wonderful Christmastime

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We're pleased to present the latest addition to our popular Easy Fake Book series, which features large, easy-to-read notation, simplified harmonies and melodies, lyrics, and all songs in the key of C. This Christmas collection includes: And Suddenly It's Christmas * Away in a Manger * The Chipmunk Song * The Christmas Shoes * The Christmas Song * Christmas Time Is Here * Coventry Carol * Deck the Hall * Do They Know It's Christmas? * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Joy to the World * Pretty Paper * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silent Night * Silver Bells * Still, Still, Still * Sussex Carol * Wassail, Wassail * Who Would Imagine a King * Winds Through the Olive Trees * and more.

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The Joy of Christmas (Joy Of...Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this piano book since I was a child playing piano. I've now been teaching piano for 27 years, and this is the most basic Christmas book there is. It has all of the standard Christmas songs with basic chords the way people are used to hearing them. There is no jazz, unusual rhythm, or other surprises. It's the one that you'll need for everyone to stand around the piano and sing with. The music is for an intermediate player who wants to play Christmas carols, not piano solos.

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For both playing and singing, this is a comprehensive collection of the best loved carols, hymns, songs, and solos for the holiday season. They are all arranged for piano with complete lyrics and chord names. Includes The First Noel, Jingle Bells, and O Holy Night.

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Wee Sing for Christmas (With CD) Review

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(More customer reviews)After purchasing the Wee Sing Halloween and LOVING it...I was disappointed when I played the Christmas CD.My daughter was as well...there aren't very many songs where the children are singing.If my daughter wanted to hear adults sing Christmas songs, I could just turn on the radio.I highly recommend Halloween but I think that they could do better for Christmas.

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The bestselling Wee Sing line is now tailored for the most modernWee Sing fans! These eight classic Wee Sing titles are now in a greatnew package-a book and CD in a reusable blister!

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Christmas Themes for Solo Piano Review

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(More customer reviews)This book contains all the favorites of Christmas with the romantic touch of Jim Brickman's beautiful arrangements.Its melodies are sure to bring a little more heart to an already beautiful season.

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Transcribed from an exclusive promotional sampler CD, these solo piano arrangements by Jim Brickman bring the warm joy of the holidays to life. Titles are: Do You Hear What I Hear?Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasJoy to the WorldSilent NightSilver Bells.

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Jim Brickman Peace Review

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(More customer reviews)The piano music is almost exactly like you hear it on his album and not too difficult to play.

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Album matching songbook celebrates both the soul of the holidays and the comfort of Christmas. Also includes full-color photos of Jim Brickman.Titles are: We Three Kings * Holy Night * Let It Snow * Early Snowfall * Ha rk the Herald Angels Sing * Jingle Bells * Blessings * Rejoice * Silent Nig ht * Do You Hear What I Hear * Away in a Manger * Sending You a Little Chri stmas * Peace (Where the Heart Is).

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