John Pitts: Recorder From The Beginning - All Together Christmas Recorders - Pitts, John (Arranger)

Containing 17 Christmas carols, this book enables beginner Recorder players to perform simplified arrangements of popular festive repertoire either on their own, using the various accompaniment options to provide the full original melody, or alongside singers and more advanced players.

Complete with access to free downloadable Piano accompaniments which incorporate the original melody line, this book provides the ideal resource for teachers and parents looking to enable Recorder players of all standards to join the celebrations of the season.

The familiar melody lines of these festive favourites are accompanied by two counter-melodies, each employing the same rhythm as the original whilst requiring a knowledge of only three or five notes and thus catering for Recorder players of all abilities.

Contents

• Away In A Manger [Anonymous] [Kirkpatrick, William J.]
• Good King Wenceslas [Traditional]
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn, Felix] [Wesley, Charles]
• I Saw Three Ships [Traditional]
• In The Bleak Mid-winter [Rossetti, Christina] [Holst, Gustav]
• Infant Holy, Infant Lowly [Traditional]
• Jingle Bells [Pierpont, James Lord]
• Mary Had A Baby [Traditional]
• O Come All Ye Faithful [Wade, John Francis] [Brooke, William Thomas]
• Once In Royal David's City [Gauntlett, Henry John] [Alexander, Cecil]
• Past Three O'clock [Traditional] [Woodward, George Ratcliffe]
• Silent Night [Gruber, Franz] [Mohr, Josef]
• The Holly And The Ivy [Traditional]
• The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy [Traditional]
• We Three Kings [Hopkins, John Henry]
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas [Traditional]
• While Shepherds Watched [Traditional] [Tate, Nahum]