Theselively arrangements are intended for the elementary pianists or keyboardplayers. While some duets are more challenging than others, the notation hasusually been kept as simple as possible and musical elements such as dynamics,articulations, phrasing and slurs have been omitted completely. To make thingseasier for the players, the piano parts are printed in large type with Primoand Secondo parts on separate pages. In the Secondo part, chordsare printed underneath the staff (rather than above) to create space for thefingering suggestions.

Elementarypianists rarely have the valuable opportunity of playing in an ensemble. Themain feature of the Really Easy Christmas Collection for piano duet isthat it?s fully compatible with the Optional Instrumental Pack, a set ofinstrumental parts for all 20 songs in this collection. The Instrumental Packcontains (a) full scores of each piece plus a set of parts in varioustranspositions. It is available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21394520 

Theduets include the following well-known Christmas carols and hymns: Angels fromthe 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: InDulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas (Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); Hark! TheHerald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); I Saw Three Ships (Melody: I SawThree Ships); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Joy to the World(Melody: Antioch); Oh Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); Oh Come all yeFaithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); SilentNight (Melody: Stille Nacht); The First Nowell; The Holly and the Ivy (Melody:Holly and the Ivy); We Three Kings and WeWish You a Merry Christmas.

Theaudio examples include several other instruments using parts from the OptionalInstrumental Pack.

Christmas Carol Variations for Piano Duet, Book 2 is a second collection of fun variations based on 10 well-known Christmas carols that I originally wrote for 2 pianos, 4 hands. These are all available individually, but buying all 10 together gives you nearly 70 pages of music to enjoy at a price that means you are basically getting 10 pieces for the price of 6.
(Also available as a printed book through www.simonpeberdymusic.com)

The mp3 is of "Wassail Hiccup and Trip up"

NB The Youtube clips below are of the versions for 2 pianos, 4 hands, but I have put them here to give an idea of the pieces (until I get sent video clips of some kind pianists who record these for me!)
1. Lullay Lullay (https://youtu.be/yfXnmCyfXxI)
2. Little Town of Bethlehem Charleston;
3. The First Noel Gymnopedie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUlHWQ1zpsU)
4. Hark, the Herald Bluegrass Angels;
5. In the Bleak Midwinter;
6. Joy to the World - Funky! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAUaDHI7VBo or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHTcGZ0ZLiM)
7. O Little Town of Bethlehem;
8. Wassail Hiccup and Trip up (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PABjdC_O7pg);
9. While Shepherds Boogie Woogie;
10. Quem Pastores.

The mp3 is of In the Bleak Midwinter.

(Book 1 is also available with another 10 pieces)
The original a arrangements for 2 pianos, 4 hands are also available.

For more information, to view or listen to the pieces, or to discover more new music that may be of interest, please visit: www.simonpeberdymusic.com