What Child is This (Advanced Christmas Piano Solo)

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.

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7 Responses to “What Child is This (Advanced Christmas Piano Solo)”

  1. Lori McGrath says:

    LOVED IT! Just beautiful. Wish I could do that! Thanks for sharing!

  2. Ellen says:

    Thank you Jenifer, for taking the time to do the video.
    I’ll just keep practicing, and practicing 🙂

  3. Tanya says:

    Absolutely stunning.

    Beautiful.

  4. Mickey Hudolin says:

    HOw very, very beautiful!!

  5. Brandy says:

    Do you have this in print? I’d love to learn this for our Christmas special!

  6. Sawyer says:

    Great job!!!
    Beautiful!!!!

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