This collection of ?Easy String Duets? contains 10 familiar Christmas carols arranged for 2 VIOLINS. These creative and fun-to-learn arrangements are a welcome addition to the repertoire for beginning string students and suitable for holiday concerts and worship services.

All notes for both VIOLIN parts are playable in the first position making these arrangements an excellent choice for early-intermediate string players. For each song, there is a combined score (grand staff) with both VIOLIN parts on each page plus separate 1-staff scores for each VIOLIN.

Each song is also available separately with accompanying preview pages and audio samples.

Song titles included in this collection:
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard on High
Deck the Halls
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
He Is Born the Divine Christ Child
Joy to the World
I Saw Three Ships
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Once in Royal David?s City

20 Favourite Carols for Flute and Violin Duet is a collection of the best-known Christmas carols arranged simply for Flute and Violin. The keys and range are chosen to suit players at an easy intermediate level, so anyone can join in with the festive music-making. Click on the YouTube link above to hear a short sample of these arrangements played on clarinet. These carols are also available for many other instrumental combinations elsewhere on Sheet Music Plus. The carols are in alphabetical order and are as follows Away in a MangerDeck the HallsDing Dong Merrily on HighThe First NowellGod Rest ye Merry GentlemanGood Christian Men RejoiceGood King WenceslasHark, the Herald Angels SingThe Holly and the IvyI Saw Three ShipsIn the Bleak MidwinterIt Came upon a Midnight ClearO Cone All Ye FaithfulO Come, O Come EmmanuelO Little Town of BethlehemOnce in Royal David?s CitySilent NightWe Three KingsWhile Shepherds WatchedWe Wish you a Merry Christmas There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Your Favorite Christmas Hymns and Carols for Strings, Book 2

Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick

This is the second volume of the collection of best-loved Christmas hymns and carols arranged for strings, to brighten up your next Christmas event. This publication includes full four-part instrumental scores plus parts for first violin, second violin, viola, cello and optional double bass. Both cello and bass parts appear on a single staff. The arrangements can be used with string quartet, string quintet or string ensemble. There?s also an optional but useful simplified keyboard part intended for less experienced keyboard players. The left hand plays only the bass part most of the time, with the right hand part kept as simple as possible. It could be used as the basis of an accompaniment which means that you can use the arrangements as solos, duets or trios. You can create a brighter string tone by asking the more advanced first and second violin players to play an octave higher when necessary. You can hear this effect in the audio samples.

The arrangements are intended either as stand-alone pieces that could be used as interludes in a concert or service, or they could be used to accompany solo, choral or congregational singing. The arrangements been written in string-friendly keys as often as possible. While the hymns mostly use the traditional harmonies, the carols have been treated more freely.

Book 2 contains the following 21 titles: As with Gladness Men of Old (Melody: Dix); Away in a Manger (Melody: Cradle Song); Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (Melody: Bransle de l'Officiel); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; A Great and Mighty Wonder (Melody: Es ist ein Ros); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Melody: W. Zlobie Lezy); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Noel); Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (Melody: Resonet in Laudibus); Joy to the World (Melody: Antioch); O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Melody: Veni Emmanuel); O Little Town of Bethlehem (Melody: Forest Green) ; Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); Quem Pastores Laudavere; Lully, lulla Thou Little Tiny Child (Melody: Coventry Carol); Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Calling (Melody: Merton); The First Nowell; The Wassail Song; We Three Kings (Melody: Kings of Orient), While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (Melody: Winchester Old) and While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (Melody: Christmas).

The audio samples include Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Lully, lulla Thou Little Tiny Child and The First Nowell. Please note that the arrangements are usually not usually compatible with the brass collection of the same name.