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.

This collection includes six creative arrangements for piano duet (one piano, four hands) to celebrate Christmas at the keyboard. From the tender emotions of "Mary's Lullaby" to the jazzy energy of "Go Tell It on the Mountain," this delightful variety of Christmas carols has something for every holiday occasion. Primo and secondo parts are fairly well balanced in difficulty and involvement, and are accessible to the intermediate pianist. 73 pages. To conserve space and enhance readability during performance, the book is formatted with primo and secondo parts separated onto facing pages. If you're interested in an alternate layout with the parts stacked together on each page (you may find this easier for learning the music), contact the publisher after purchase using the website link below.


1. O Holy Night

2. Mary's Lullaby

3. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

4. Carol Medley (includes "Coventry Carol" and "Wexford Carol")

5. Go Tell It on the Mountain / Hallelujah!

6. Christmas Celebration (includes "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Pat-a-pan," and "Brightest and Best" (also known as "Star in the East")