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Hannah, my oldest grandaughter, likes to play soft songs with a flowing style.
So…I tried to write her a Christmas piano arrangement of O Little Town of Bethlehem with those ingredients.
Our choir enjoys singing Christmas hymns that tell of Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection.
Who is He in Yonder Stall does just that. Here is the layout of this choir arrangement:
Verse One & Two
Chorus
Verse 3 & Chorus
Verse 4 & 5
Chorus
I wrote this arrangement of O Come All Ye Faithful for my oldest grandson.
Michael is in Lesson 3B by the Fabers if that helps you classify the level of this piece.
The intro and ending consists of a colorful, majestic chord progression.
The arrangement is in the key of G Major: one verse and chorus in addition to the intro & ending.
One of my readers recently asked for an arrangement of “Happy Birthday.”
Her church sings happy birthday to their church members.
She’s been needing an easy arrangement of this well-used song.
The arrangement is short but to the point 🙂
One of my daughter-in-laws recently searched for an easy arrangement of “Praise to the Lord the Almighty”.
She was going to play it in one of her brother’s wedding.
Neither one of us could turn up an easy arrangement of this song.
So, I decided to write an easy to learn arrangement for this hymn.
Recently, one of my daughter-in-laws was searching for a piano arrangement of “Praise to the Lord the Almighty.”
She needed an easy enough level to learn in time to play for her brother’s wedding during the candle-lighting.
I searched and didn’t find a version she could learn in time. My answer….I wrote a fairly easy arrangement….knowing she could easily embellish on her own. I plan to publish this easy-to-play arrangement ASAP!
I’m working on a late intermediate piano solo of “Christ Arose”. I will use B flat and C major in this piece.
I created a poll on my facebook musician’s page yesterday with a choice of three different Easter songs.
So far…”Christ Arose” has the most votes. Over half of the arrangement has been created…in handwritten form.
It takes a lot less time inputting the song into my software than it does to initially create it by hand.
Trying to finish asap.
Update: Publishing this arrangement tomorrow (March 29th 2025)
My sickness has slowed me down but getting better.
I will be publishing “The Holy City” very advanced piano solo tomorrow by 8pm! (EST)
This has been the most challenging arrangement I’ve ever written! I tried to stay true to the original texture of this piece.
Since the original arrangement is public domain, I was able to adapt and rearrange this piece for a piano solo.
Hope some of you are able to learn this in time for Easter!
Special note: The entire arrangement is eight pages. For a shorter version: Omit pages three and four. My recording is the shorter version.
At least a month ago, one of my readers requested an arrangement of The Holy City. At first I didn’t want to tackle this beautiful piece. I’ve always played the piano accompaniment score for my Dad to sing. Staying true to the original form was on my mind as I began creating the arrangement for this classic hymn.
I’m doing something a little unusual this time. Since this arrangement is in the public domain…I’m simply adapting the piece from a vocal arrangement to a piano solo.
This means that it’s legally fine for me to borrow the intro and interludes and still add my own arrangement.
I am nearing the end of the entire piece! (handwritten format)
This coming week….I will input this piece into my notation software.
Here is an easier version of my advanced level for Were You There?
I wrote this piece for one of my piano students.
Come join me for an evening of Christmas carols this coming Thursday, December 19th at 8pm EST.
I will be playing live on Facebook at the following link: PIANO CHRISTMAS MUSIC
