Arranged for first and second-year pianists
Easy piano carols for Christmas
The carols people ask for, arranged for a pianist in their first year or two. Printable PDFs with fingering marked, sold through Sheet Music Direct. They also come with practice recordings to play along with.
All ten carols, with practice recordings
Each score with six recordings to play along with, one download.
For Christmas
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Away in a Manger
William J. Kirkpatrick · 2 pages · 0:40
Away in a Manger for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, on William J. Kirkpatrick's tune "Cradle Song" (the tune sung in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, not the American "Mueller"), in his key of F major. The right hand plays the melody as it is sung; the left hand holds simple two-note chords. No accidentals. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked. An optional repeat gives a second verse, and a soft echo closes. 2 pages.
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Deck the Halls
Traditional Welsh · 2 pages · 0:55
Deck the Halls (Nos Galan) for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in F major, the key of the Welsh air's 1794 and 1917 printings. The right hand plays the tune as it is sung, every "fa la la" included, and the left hand plays a simple bass in long notes. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Traditional English · 2 pages · 1:05
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in E minor. The right hand plays the traditional English tune as John Stainer printed it in 1871, and the left hand plays a simple bass line taken from his harmony. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn · 2 pages · 1:10
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in G major. The right hand plays Mendelssohn's melody, as adapted by W. H. Cummings, from the 1868 Hymns Ancient and Modern, and the left hand plays the hymn's lowest voice, one note at a time. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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Jingle Bells
James Lord Pierpont · 2 pages · 1:10
Jingle Bells for easy piano, with verse 1 and chorus lyrics, in G major. The right hand plays James Lord Pierpont's tune as it was printed in 1876, with the chorus everyone sings, and the left hand stays in one five-finger position with long, simple notes. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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Joy to the World
Lowell Mason · 2 pages · 0:45
Joy to the World for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in D major. The right hand plays the tune Antioch exactly as a 1905 hymnal prints it, one note at a time, and the left hand follows the hymn's own bass in long, simple notes, including its echo of "And heaven and nature sing". The last line opens the piece and closes it. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked, with an optional repeat for a second verse. 2 pages.
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O Come, All Ye Faithful
John Francis Wade · 2 pages · 1:15
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in G major. The right hand plays the melody as a 1916 carol book prints it, one note at a time, and the left hand follows the carol's own bass line in simple notes. The last line opens the piece and closes it. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked, with an optional repeat for a second verse. 2 pages.
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O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Adolphe Adam · 2 pages · 1:45
Adolphe Adam's O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in C major, Adam's own key, with no key signature. The right hand plays every note of Adam's melody in 12/8 with its familiar lilt, from the quiet opening to "Fall on your knees". The left hand plays his bass and harmony in long, simple notes. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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Silent Night
Franz Xaver Gruber · 2 pages · 0:50
Silent Night (Stille Nacht) for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in D major, the key of Gruber's own 1818 setting. The right hand plays the melody as it is sung, and the left hand plays the hymn's bass in simple two-note chords. A gentle 3/4 with no sixteenth notes and no accidentals. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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The First Noel
Traditional English · 2 pages · 0:50
The First Noel for easy piano, with verse 1 lyrics, in D major, the key of John Stainer's Christmas Carols New and Old (1871). The right hand plays the familiar tune, "Nowell" refrain included, and the left hand plays Stainer's bass line, one note at a time. Fingering, dynamics and phrasing are marked.
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