A First Book of Christmas Songs: For The Beginning Pianist with Downloadable MP3s (Dover Classical Piano Music For Beginners)

I haven't played the piano since my old piano and all my music was destroyed by a fire years ago and only recently decided to buy a new piano. So I'm having to relearn how to play. My right hand remembers, my left had really protests and is having to be retaught. Slow going, so this book is perfect for that issue.I do have one complaint. The back of the book says it's $7.95. So I paid almost 3x that much. I feel like I've been ripped off.

It have right, and the left finger number for playing.

This publication of Traditional Christmas music is simplified… making it as easy as possible to play satisfying/recognizable songs!

This is not a review of the seller, but the actual content of the product. I teach beginning-intermediate piano and I changed around a lot of the hand positions in some songs because it involved situations where the hands would almost be on top of each other. So some of the arrangements are a little weird. But, overall pretty good for late beginner/early intermediate players. I love the last song, it's so fun!

Just in time to learn a few easy songs before Christmas

Another great Christmas present for a piano student.

I teach beginner piano. I was hoping to find some songs that my students could use for holiday recital. I'm not real impressed, sorry. The back of the book lists songs "in approximate order of difficulty". The first one listed, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - has left hand notes in the ledger lines above the bass staff. Beginners don't learn those for awhile. :( Also, beginners don't learn flats for awhile. Second song listed: O, Come All Ye Faithful - almost the same - but with sharps instead of flats. I'd say you'd have to have had lessons for at LEAST a few months to a year to be able to play these songs. One plus, the illustrations are beautiful - like coloring book pictures. It might make a nice gift for a young pianist if you also give them a box of colored pencils or crayons to color the illustrations (Which is probably what I'm going to do with this one ...) The MP3 files are JUST the songs as written - might've been nice to have some files with 'accompaniment' to fill out the sound.

This book was exactly what I was looking for. It worked well for my beginner pianist who has been playing a couple of years and is at a level 2. There are songs that are easier and some a little more difficult. The left hand is just hard enough to make it a small challenge but not overwhelming. My beginner pianist loves playing these songs and has memorized several.

This book was easy to read and play the piano from. I am really enjoying it as I know all but about three songs in it and it is rich with the traditional carols.

Las canciones son bonitas, algunas fáciles otras no tanto, solo no me gustó el papel, se ve un poco corriente ya que las hojas no son blancas, pero en general bien.

Hope my daughter will like at christmas

Il prodotto è arrivato integro e pienamente nei tempi previsti. Mi sembra ben fatto e corredato con immagini, certamente è destinato a dei principianti quindi le canzoni di Natale sono presentate in versione ridotta e semplificata.Comunque è un buon esercizio per il coordinamento delle due mani e il downloading delle canzoni è di grande aiuto in quanto si distinguono chiaramente i suoni e questo semplifica l'esecuzione sulla tastiera. Lo consiglio in particolare a chi vuole esercitarsi divertendosi, suonando qualcosa di diverso dai semplici ed a volta noiosi esercizi per allenare le due mani, o comunque è un'ottima integrazione.

Pour adulte senior qui apprend le piano . Ce n'est qu'après environ 2 ans de leçons que je peux enfin tout jouer! Comprend les paroles en anglais.