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Up-Grade! Christmas Piano Grades 1-2 [Up-Grade! Series]
£8.10
Up-Grade! Christmas Grades 1-2 presents some refreshingly jazzy arrangements of some much-loved Christmas songs from traditional items such as The Holly And The Ivy and We Wish You A Merry Christmas to pop classics such as Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree and Winter Wonderland, suitable to bridge the gap between grades 1 and 2. Part of Pam Wedgwood’s popular Up-Grade! series, these familiar favourites are demonstrated on the online audio and complemented by some of Pam’s own compositions.
There are several spin-offs to the Up-Grade! Series for piano, including jazz and pop.
Contents
Deck The Halls
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Mary’s Boy Child
Mince Pie Rag
Once In Royal David’s City
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
Sleeping Angels
Sleigh Ride
The Christmas Song
The Holly And The Ivy
Walking In The Air
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Winter Wonderland
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Additional information
| Publisher | Faber Music Limited (6 Sept. 2007) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 24 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0571529542 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0571529544 |
| Dimensions | 16.2 x 0.3 x 30.1 cm |
by Amazon Customer
This is a good book that has gone down well with my pupils. It starts off easy but quickly increases in difficulty. The last pieces would suit a pupil who is a good grade 2 or a tentative grade 3. I also use this for practising sight reading for more advance pupils.
by Laurae
I bought this for my son who will take Grade 2 next term. I was worried that I hadn’t ordered it early enough and therefore he wouldn’t get enough time to learn much before Christmas and that it would then be too easy for him next Christmas. However I think he will get several years of enjoyment out of this. For a child of his standard these are pieces to spend a little while learning not just to sight read and they are absolutely beautifully written. As a significantly more experienced pianist myself I am really enjoying playing the music to my children. They are perfectly written for piano and are lovely arrangements, worlds apart from other children’s Christmas music arrangements I have tried. The only word of warning is that there is a range of music in here – popular Christmas songs as well as traditional carols. If, like my son, you are planning to run a carol service for the grandparents on Christmas Day (!) you may want to get some more carol music elsewhere.
by T. Jackson
This is a lovely book of Christmas music for Grade 1-2 piano pupils, I shall be using it regularly from now on…
by trachet
Fabulous book for light relief at Christmas. I have just passed my grade 4 but found these classic Christmas tunes had a very interesting compositions. They are easy but they sound impressive and more complicated than they are. My favourites were Walking in the Air and Chestnuts roasting in an open fire.
by Nigella of the North
I can understand why it us grade 1 and 2 as done of thetunes are harder than ithers. A good book that will last a few years. Nice present
by H Britten
Good quality book but I think the pieces in here are more aiming towards grade 2 but saying that I look forward to trying some of the pieces in here. I have the other books in the series for grades 1-2 and I am happy with them like I am this book. Good quality print so easy to read.
by Ms Piper
I love the arrangements in this book – great for more advanced players and for those at Grade 1-2. I am a piano teacher and loved both playing themselves and teaching them to my pupils.
by H Britten
Lovely range of pieces just a shame page 4 was damaged and notes unreadable