Merry Christmas! Level 1BAlfred’s Basic Piano Library Merry Christmas! Willard A.Palmer + Morton Manus + Amanda Vick Lethco Level 1B This book may be used by students who have completed the first book of any method. CONTENTS ‘Angels We Have Heard on High Go Tell it on the Mountain Jingle Bells . . Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Silent Night . . ? Twelve Days of Christmas, The. We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Piano students who have completed the first book of any method will enjoy playing some familiar carols as the Christmas season approaches. HAND POSITIONS: Every carol in this book is in a five finger position. The basic positions used are C, Middle C, and Middle D. A chart indicating the hand position is placed at the beginning of each carol. If either hand moves, the new position is indicated above the measure where the change takes place. PROGRESSIVE ORDER: The carols are placed in order of difficulty, with the easiest ones first. The 1st (Jolly Old Saint Nicholas) contains only whole, half, and the quarter notes; the 2nd (We Wish You a Merry Christmas) adds eighth notes; the 3rd (Silent Night) adds dotted quarters. Students unfamiliar with dotted quarters plus eighths will usually play them correctly by memory or, if not, they can be quickly taught by rote. DUETS: Every carol in this book has a duet part. These carols make excellent student-teacher or student-parent duets. Both solo and duet parts contain measure numbers for easy reference. STUDENTS IN LEVEL 18 of ALFRED'S BASIC PIANO LIBRARY: Students in Level 1B are already familiar with the C position, In Lesson Book 1B, Middle C position is introduced on page 16; Middle D position on page 34; and eighth notes on page 21. All rights reserved. Produced in USA, Iustrations by David Silverman (Painted by Chery! Hennigar) ‘A Gonoral MIDI ask is avalabi (5722), which Includes Second Eaton (red ‘full piano recording and background accompaniment Copyright © MCMXCV by Alfred Music ll ‘s)C POSITION LH RH LHS 4321 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Happily Traditional 3 Fsoi ty old Saint | Nich - 0 ~ las, lean your ear this 1 1 7 7 5 2 3 5 DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) RH.Move LH. 2 1 upto G A a LH 21 Don‘t you tell jin - what I'm going to Christ-mas Eve is com - ing soon, now, you dear old Whis,- er what you'll |bring to me, Return L. C POSITIOIMIDDLE C POSITION LH.—,—R. Mee & 5432@2345 Both thumbs on Middle C! We Wish You a Merry Christmas Merrily Traditional nf wish you a Merry [Christ-imas, We | wish you a Mer-ry | Christ mae you a Mer-ry |Christ mee Bd a | Hap - py DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) RH oa LH,tid + Inge for | Christ - mos aa a pte |i Foul Merry [Christ"mes, We wish you a Mer-ry Chute res We, wish you a Mer-ry [Christ “rmas Anda6 MIDDLE C POSITION (with Bb) §432@2345 Silent Night Gently, Moderately slow 1 Franz Gruber bright DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) Ray ONY » LA ‘ped. ad lib, any 9Move R.H. 1-5 i up to E - Bb i LH. position does not change!MIDDLE D POSITION 1 Se RS ty, 5432@2345 Both thumbs on DI Jingle Bellis Merrily 2 mf, P&P -ing through the snow Inf = | one-horse 0 - pen 9, |Laugh-ing all the Bells on bob- tail DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) Play all quarter notes staccato RH, G) hon 4 James Pierpont 3 Over the fields we Mak - ing spir - its Lbright, What’ it is to | ride and sing 7] SHIFT HANDS TO MIDDLE C POSITION 3 Ff Single bells! gle bells! to ride in a => Jin - gle bells! Jin - gle belis! Oh what fun is to ride in a “Se a |sleigh-ing song to | night! t one - horse ° pen sleigh! On! >10 Angels We Have Heard on High MIDDLE D POSITION Moderately fast 2 A—3_ 2 Traditional 1 mf An- gels we have | heard on high, ly sing- ing | o'er the plains, <= And the moun-tains | i Ech - 0 - ing their | joy - ousstrains. = DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) S RH, Pa ~,ch)12 Go Tell It on the Mountain MIDDLE D POSITION Brightly 2 Traditional Ff Go tell it onthe | moun - tain, Qf ver the hills and 5 Go tell it onthe Jmoun - tain, That | Je ~ sus Christ. is | born a 2 5 DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher. Pairs of EIGHTH NOTES may be played long-short.) 707] TT D.C.al Fineeb SI “sua sns = af pue siayp sen 6 aun au pamoys 2H pue 3ybiu yrog 1ybnos| yey, ‘ule. - unow} ay uo 2 {161 < ‘ure - unow). 243 vo wy 11a °9 oo puy ‘ow 01 pio]. ap payse14 The Twelve Days of Christmas MIDDLE D POSITION Moderately fast Traditional — 1.0n the “| first day of Christ - mas my | true love sent to me Zo tridge— 2 DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) a REPEAT AS NEEDED. Play in different Play this line over and over octaves, if you wish. for the 2nd through the 4th day. 3 a Sie ev “See the note at the bottom of this page. 5 * *The accented eighth notes in the DUET PART, here and in the 23rd measure (page 16) represent the FIVE GOLD RINGS. For fun (and for special effect) you may reach over your partner and play these notes at the extreme right end of the keyboard, if you wish.15 sec'nd third 3. On” the | fourth 5 day of Christ - mas my | true love sent to me REPEAT AS NEEDED. 7 Play in different octaves, if you wish. 4, 2 2 Two tur - tle doves, Three French hens, And a | par - tridge- in apear Four call-ing birds, 2 PLAY THE ABOVE 2 LINES OVER AND OVER for the 2nd through the 4th days. 4 19} j 5.On thé | fifth day of Christ - mas my | true lovesent to me Four call - ing birds, two tur-tledoves, And a | par - tridge. in a pear | ‘reelREPEAT THIS MEASURE AS NEEDED. 16 ra) Use different octaves, if you wish ab 4 x = —— F 6.On the | sixth Six 7.On the |seventh) Seven swans a-swim-ming, 8.On the | eighth Eight maids a-milk-ing, 9.On the | ninth }day of Christ-mas my true love sent to me: Nine la - diesdane-ing, 10. On the | tenth Ten lords a lea 11.On the |'leventh) ‘Leven pip- ers pil 12.On the |twelfth’ 5 9 ee Twelve drum-mers drum-ming = = F = 7 [26] 2 ‘two.tur-tle doves, Anda DUET PART (continued) 13] Last time slower 45) 43 Four— call-ingbirds, | three French hens, 7 z 4 3 [eth—17th day. | [2th day. a A 2, 3, iA a ‘reel par - tridgein a pear from the top of this page ih through the 11th day. Rep for the Repeat as needed. Use different octaves =>>> a 2 a z [ehh aay, Last time slower 4 Repeat from the top of this page for the 6th through the 11th day. = —~<¢ C