In Recital with Popular Christmas Music Book 2

The In Recital with Popular Christmas Music series continues with book 2.  This book also has a great variety of popular Christmas pieces.  There are the student favorites, like Jingle Bells, and Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, as well as traditional carols like Away in A Manger, and O Come All Ye Faithful.  There are also some not-as-familiar songs like Snoopy's Christmas and There is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas.

The songs included in this book are:
Christmas Bells are Ringing
Jingle Bells
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Away in a Manger
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Snoopy's Christmas
The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
There is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas

Concepts include:
In addition to basic notes, their corresponding rests are also included
Students play tied notes, legato and staccato articulations, accents, upbeats, blocked intervals, and five-finger hand positions
Students experience movement up and down the keyboard with 8va signs, and use of pedal to create a big sound.
Reinforces basic musical terminology and symbols such as crescendo, decrescendo, poco ritardando, fermata, forte, mezzo forte, mezzo piano, piano, and first and second endings.
Basic Keys - C, G, F written using accidentals instead of key signatures

This book includes a cd, so students can hear a performance of each piece in this book.

The book/CD combo can be found at Sheet Music Plus for $6.95