Two-Hour instructional DVD & Christmas Carol Booklet
"The Secret of Arranging Spectacularly
Beautiful Christmas Carols!"
This is a wonderful 2-hour DVD on playing and arranging
Christmas carols, complete with a booklet of the Christmas piano sheet music
songs we arrange together. We start out with a lush version of "Silent Night",
using many chord substitutions that I explain as we go. We also use echoes,
half-step slides, arps, and rapid-fire right hand runs. Then we move to "Joy to
the World", using two different styles -- a "chimes" version (complete with
"big-ben"), and also a rhythmic style that you will absolutely love! Then we do
a haunting version of "We Three Kings", using some "bluesy" techniques and some
hand-over arps and some grace notes. After that we arrange "Angels We Have Heard
On High", using an Alberti Bass style plus a walking bass octave style in 8th
notes in the left hand that is really exciting.
This DVD video, by the way, is for people who already read Christmas piano sheet
music and can play carols as they are written on the written music, but want to
learn how to make them more interesting, exciting, nostalgic, and just more
beautiful.
I don't have the space here to go into more detail, but we also do dynamite
arrangements of "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "O Christmas Tree", "Angels From
The Realms Of Glory", and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" in wonderful,
distinctive styles you will love and treasure (and everyone who hears you play
will too!)
After I teach you each Christmas carol, we come back and look over my shoulder
and straight down at the keys close-up as I play each style and technique in
slow motion so you can follow each technique closely.
For complete info on this great course, please go to:
http://www.playpiano.com/musical-courses/christmas/ChristmasCarolsAll4.html

