It's Christmas!: Dan Coates Piano Favorites for Advanced Piano
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It's Christmas!: Dan Coates Piano Favorites for Advanced Piano Details
Titles: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) * Believe (from The Polar Express) * The Birthday of a King * Frosty the Snowman * Gesù Bambino * Grown-Up Christmas List * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * Mary, Did You Know? * We Three Kings of Orient Are.
Reviews
These arrangements sound fresh but aren't too difficult to learn. On religious classics such as Ave Maria, Gesu Bambino, We Three Kings and Mary Did You Know? the left hand is in triplet or eighth-note arpeggios that span a tenth to a thirteenth and the right hand melody is often stated in chords, thirds or sixths so the overall sound is nice and thick.Several pieces offer moderately jazzy chord substitutions and can be played straight or swing: Frosty the Snowman, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Home for the Holidays. A couple are pop: Believe from Polar Express, Grown-Up Christmas List. All of these include flashy little fills, key changes and enough technical heft so they sound convincing.It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is a neat little jazz waltz if you kick the tempo up a notch and add just a little more action to the syncopated chords.Only one throw-a-way (in my opinion): We Three Kings.... It just isn't as interesting as the rest.The complete list of songs is available in the 'look inside' feature. All in all, a good value if you need a bit of flash in your holiday playlist.
