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Down From His Glory requires ALOT of ad lib from the church pianist when accompanying someone to sing this hymn.
I could not help but add runs during the chorus due to the frequent held words. The fingering for the runs is included 🙂
I plan to create an audio of the piano accompaniment as time allows.
Click here to download “Down From His Glory” in E Flat Major
Click here to download “Down From His Glory” in F
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A reader recently requested a piano congregational arrangement for “Joy to the World”. I had almost forgotten about having this arrangement. I am forever writing music of some sort and it’s easy to forget what I have 🙂
This is a rather straightforward arrangement of “Joy to the World”…no frills but enough fill-ins to add zest to the congregational singing for this joyous hymn about Jesus’ birth. Hope it’s a help to church pianists looking for congregational arrangements.
Click on song title below to download your free copy!
Just uploaded my free advanced Christmas piano solo of “In the Bleak Midwinter” on my youtube channel.
 Clickable link to free arrangement of “In the Bleak Midwinter”
Finished it! Hope you enjoy this free Christmas piano arrangement of “In the Bleak Midwinter”. The arrangement is written at an advanced level.
Click on the title to download free arrangement:
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Click here to hear youtube video of this free piano arrangement of “In the Bleak Midwinter”
Just to let everyone know….working on a FREE advanced Christmas piano solo of “In the Bleak Mid Winter”.
Hope to publish it by no later than Wednesday of this coming week…just started it yesterday.
I have two ideas for the introduction but can’t decide which one to use. I like them both!
Looking forward to sharing this free piano arrangement with you!
The wide note range of O Holy Night makes for a challenging vocal solo!
B Flat Major seems to be a comfortable; reasonable key when singing “O Holy Night”. Therefore, I will provide a FREE copy of O Holy Night in this key.
Keep in mind…I’ve already shared this arrangement on my free Christmas music page in the key of A flat major. I simply transposed the same arrangement to B flat major. The key of B flat major works great for a male solo or duet.  Sopranos like this key too because the high notes are easier to reach.
See video below of a male vocal duet I recently played for…using the key of B flat major for O Holy Night. Special note: I used a different arrangement 🙂
**Click on link below video to get your FREE copy of O Holy Night in the key of B Flat Major.
I just published an early advanced Christmas piano solo of “The First Noel” in the key of C Major. This arrangement, containing two verses, would be easy to learn for the average church pianist.
I plan to post a new advanced Christmas piano solo arrangement of “The First Noel” tomorrow. This particular arrangement is also on my “Simply Christmas” Cd.  *The bell instrumentation will not be included in this arrangement.
Most of my arrangements on this CD were spontaneous… by ear. It has been a challenge for me to put these songs into written form. When I play by ear…I don’t always play correct/balanced harmony…so I”m forever grading/correcting myself as I see on paper what I really played. (ouch!)
“The First Noel” has such a soothing melody. I enjoyed putting this one down in writing 🙂
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I thoroughly enjoyed creating this advanced Christmas piano solo of “What Child is This”.
The style of this piece was greatly influenced by my exposure to Spanish classical music…especially in verse one…right hand broken arpeggios with left hand melody. Enrique Granados was my favorite Spanish classical composer.
To be honest…I had a difficult time trying to figure out HOW to communicate the correct rhythm for the run in measure #35. I know how it’s suppose to sound..but it’s another story trying to get that across to everyone else. The run (in print)… played back the right way in my music program (Finale).
Hopefully…the following video of “What Child is This”… SHOULD be helpful. I did include a few tips at the end of the video for the right hand run in measure #35.
