This early advanced arrangement of It Came Upon The Midnight Clear is filled with rich RH chords and grand LH arpeggios. The treble lead-in with scale passages and parallel thirds feels like a winter’s night after a fresh snowfall. Full, complex chord harmonies and intricate arpeggios make this arrangement a rewarding challenge both to play and hear. This makes a beautiful Christmas religious service or Holiday performance selection.
These two carols in 3/4 meter blend beautifully in this Christmas medley celebrating our lovely Christmas greenery. The opening block chord accompaniment with straight rhythms quickly gives way to a contemporary broken chord feel with open harmonies, which transitions seamlessly back and forth between the two melodies. The arrangement has a peaceful, calm feel with just enough surprising harmonic choices (including sevenths and ninths) to help it feel fresh, yet right at home. It is a good choice for a lovely and serene holiday performance piece.
This intermediate arrangement is for pianists who love a big, fast sound! It begins with a dramatic feel, a bold RH bass melody in F minor supported by deep open octaves in LH. Open octaves and fifths continue throughout, with sporadic chord harmonies and contemporary progressions to balance the fast-moving melody. The climax builds in intensity to a rising key change before settling mysteriously into a deep, somber finish. This arrangement makes a flashy Holiday performance showpiece.
“Joyful, all ye nations rise! Join the triumph of the skies!” This arrangement of Hark, the Herald Angels Sing is jubilant and bold, filled with brilliant chord harmonies and a broad, open accompaniment sound. Occasional scale passages and a key change add variety while careful pedal use adds substance and fullness. This arrangement is perfect for a Christmas religious service or holiday recital.
Here We Come A-Wassailing (sometimes called Here We Come A-Caroling) is arranged here as a delightful late intermediate to early advanced piano solo. The arpeggiated LH accompaniment feels like riding a sleigh over snowbanks. This arrangement features 6/8 meter throughout with steady moving LH, and the chorus is written in tuplets. The use of polyrhythms provides an added challenge while retaining the traditional feel of the carol.
One of the most quintessential Christmas carols of all, this arrangement of Silent Night is warm, expressive, and filled with complexity. Grand, flowing arpeggios accompany full chords and harmonies. Unique chord choices, surprising modulations, and two key changes make this a memorable arrangement and an unforgettable performance that everyone will love. This is an excellent choice for a holiday church service or Christmas performance.
This intermediate piano solo is cheery and welcoming. It begins with a warm and simple introduction that develops into progressively more involved accompaniment and harmonies to a fortissimo finish! With a key change, octave changes, and an ever-building natural momentum, this arrangement is fun and rewarding without being overly challenging for mid-intermediate students. It’s a great Christmas concert showpiece!
Kirkpatrick’s Cradle song melody for the Away in a Manger is a soothing lullaby. It has been arranged here for intermediate piano, with gently rocking broken chords and inverted chord harmonies. Surprising modulations and unique chord choices add variety to this humble carol. This arrangement is a beautiful sacred piano solo for church service or Christmas performance.
The beautiful English folk melody “Greensleeves” was immortalized as a Christmas carol by William Chatterton Dix. This arrangement for late intermediate to early advanced piano features a somber sound supported by more minor chords than are commonly used with this melody. The arrangement begins simply and grows in complexity; at its climax, rolled chords and rich harmonies are supported by moving LH arpeggios that eventually transition back to the simpler style of the beginning. It is perfect for a holiday church service or Christmas performance.
In countless old cartoons, the Villain’s Theme introduced the “bad guy” for audiences everywhere. This widely recognized musical refrain has been arranged here for beginner pianists, complete with staccatos, eighth note 2nds (instead of trills), and octave changes for added drama. Beginners will love taking on the role of the villain!
These musical themes from Gurlitt’s etude (“The Storm” or “Night Escape”) and Mozart’s Great G Minor Symphony are famously recognized for their intense, dramatic energy. This medley combines them into an early intermediate piano classical performance piece. Starting with Gurlitt’s etude, it weaves in the motif from Mozart’s symphony, transitions fully into the symphony theme, then concludes with a robust merger of the two for a bold finish. It is an excellent choice for a classical piano recital piece for intermediate level.
One of the most recognizable and ominous-sounding classical themes, this theme from Chopin’s Funeral March is Halloween ready! Beginners will love the drama of this intense music, arranged here with steady repeating LH minor 2nds and RH melody that occasionally changes octaves or adds a few simple harmony notes. With dynamics ranging pianissimo to fortissimo, this piece helps beginner pianists develop interpretation, expression, and performance skills while having plenty of fun scaring the neighbors.
This stately patriotic song arrangement for beginner piano allows new pianists to play a favorite American song. It is arranged for 2-hand piano, with RH melody and LH accompaniment comprised of mainly simple harmonic intervals centered around C Major Position.
“From sea to shining sea!”, America the Beautiful is a favorite American patriotic piece. This arrangement for late beginner pianists is an easy piano solo perfect for a summer performance. Requested by a student who wanted to play a “flowy version”, this arrangement is accompanied by broken LH chords and has beautiful dynamic contrast that make for an inspirational patriotic performance.
This arrangement of Yankee Doodle is an early advanced ragtime piano solo. Ragtime music is one of America’s great contributions to the music world, and this American patriotic rag does not disappoint! Perfect for a patriotic performance or summer recital, Yankee Doodle Rag is riddled with ragged rhythms, chromatic play, and classic LH stride piano. Early advanced pianists will love two-stepping with this fun patriotic piano solo.
This popular Christian song is a favorite at Christmas time. It is arranged here for early intermediate pianists with a steady rocking pattern LH bass and RH melody with harmonies. Its full sound and natural swing feel make this arrangement an excellent choice for a Christmas recital or worship meeting.
The Christmas carol natively known as “Adeste Fideles” has been beloved for hundreds of years. This melody-only arrangement is written simply around Middle C so that even the newest or youngest beginner can successfully learn to play it. Finger numbers are listed only on the first note of each hand to indicate hand position; other fingerings are intentionally excluded to build note-reading and aural skills.
Comes with 2 versions (one PDF): Version 1 includes rests while Version 2 has all rests hidden to simplify readability for new music readers. Both versions sound the same when played.
This traditional well-known Christmas carol is arranged here for mid-beginner pianists. With simple RH melody supported by LH harmonies (dyads/2-note chords), this arrangement has a satisfying “full” sound without being overly challenging. The LH stays in C Major 5-finger position while the RH moves minimally using one-octave scale fingering. This arrangement is perfect for a beginner pianist of any age and makes a great choice for a holiday performance.
This fun traditional Christmas song is one of the oldest known secular carols. This arrangement for mid to late beginner is delightfully bouncy, filled with swing rhythms and staccato. The accompaniment is mostly made up of primary chords and inversions so that it isn’t too challenging while retaining a full and satisfying sound. The final line repeated 8va and 8vb gives a whimsical ending that is perfectly charming for a Christmas piano recital or other holiday performance.
The memorable Carol of the Bells is arranged here for beginner pianists. Even earlier beginners can thrive learning this arrangement of Carol of the Bells due its repetitive four-note motif and simple LH accompaniment that stays mostly in a 5-finger position. Minimal pedal adds a rewarding fullness of sound at key transition points throughout the piece. This arrangement of the Ukrainian Bell Carol is a holiday favorite among new pianists of all ages.
This lesser known French carol has a beautiful melody line written in Dorian mode for a minor feel with a raised sixth that creates a feeling of light and hope in dark times. It is arranged for LH melody in bass clef with rolled RH treble chords as a delicate ringing accompaniment. With many valuable teaching elements for late beginner/early intermediate level pianists, this arrangement is also a beautiful Christmas performance piece.
O Christmas Tree is a German carol about the beauty, constancy, and faithfulness of the evergreen tree that households around the world decorate for Christmas. This arrangement is written with RH treble melody supported by primary chords in the LH. The familiarity of the tune helps beginner pianists recognize what these more complex rhythms look like when reading sheet music. This Christmas carol arrangement works well for piano students of all ages.
Good King Wenceslas is an old Christmas carol that tells a story of generosity that warms both soul and body in the cold winter of Christmastime. This arrangement is written with RH treble melody supported by simple LH chords. The final verse includes additional accompaniment notes and some RH chords to build to a strong finish. This arrangement works well for piano students of all ages.
This beloved holiday carol “Carol of the Bells” is arranged here as a late intermediate to early advanced piano solo. The main 4-note motif is supported by a continually moving accompaniment that begins softly in 4/4 meter and transitions to 3/4 with increasing energy. You can hear the ringing bell tones throughout with changing octaves, crossovers, increasingly broader harmonies, chord modulations, and urgent rhythms that ultimately swell to a climax before returning to 4/4 meter once again for a softer, calming finish. Without question, the Ukrainian Bell Carol is a sure favorite for holiday performances and recitals.
