Customer Reviews for The Complete Christmas Music Collection
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Heartland Lady
Location: from Iowa
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 25, 2011
Nice collection
This book has a nice variety of secular and sacred songs. There are quite a few songs in here I'm not familiar with, as well. The arrangements are traditional and easily recognizable.
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Joanie
Location: from Glen Allen, VA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
May 25, 2011
The Complete Christmas Music Collection
A very good book - relatively easy to read and play. Friends will enjoy singing along. Some popular Christmas music is missing, and I haven't heard all the songs in this book This is a great addition to my Christmas music collection.
17 of 31 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from College Station, TX
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
March 6, 2009
great variety
No collection is ever "complete", but this one has a great variety of secular and sacred Christmas music. The arrangements aren't too simplistic, like a lot of collections.
35 of 54 people found this review helpful.
Mickey
Location: from South Carolina
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 19, 2009
good selections
The selections are great - playable music, suitable for a wide range of players. I did like it!
29 of 60 people found this review helpful.
Vicente San Nicolas Santamaria
Location: from Madrid (Spain)
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 30, 2009
A good collection but .......
This is a good collection for Christmas, but personally I miss some european songs, some of them very traditional in our countries. I hope that in future this book include some of them.
25 of 52 people found this review helpful.
Carol MacDonald
Location: from Honeoye, NY
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 20, 2009
If you only own one Christmas music book,,,,,,,
I had worn out my old Christmas music book and had been looking for a good replacement. Some of the music is easier to play than the older book. Overall, it is a very good collection of classic holiday music.
22 of 42 people found this review helpful.
Carolyn Flowers
Location: from Ocala, FL
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
December 11, 2008
Excellent collection
Exactly what I was looking for - a collection of Christmas carols and songs.
12 of 26 people found this review helpful.
Alex Garcia
Location: from Selma, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 2, 2008
They're all there!
Very good book. It reads like a chord chart giving you the song structures while leaving room for improv. Very good for beginners and up.
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Patty
Location: from Excelsior Springs, MO
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 14, 2008
Very nice book
This is a very nice Christmas Music book. It has all of the traditional Christmas songs, plus others. The arrangements are pretty and fairly easy to play. I'm an older adult piano student and know I will enjoy this book for many years.
8 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 11, 2008
okay
This is a nice collection of music, relatively easy but includes a lot of songs no one knows.
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Sally
Location: from Macon, GA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 27, 2007
Great Christmas Book for Intermediate Players!
This book has so many favorites! The difficulty ranges from easy beginner intermediate on a few songs to advanced intermediate on a couple of songs. The average difficulty level is intermediate. I really enjoyed playing the songs in this book - and my little ones loved listening and singing along!
9 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 14, 2007
many songs
there were a lot of songs i did not know in this book but im looking forward to learning some of them so i have a wide range of known christmas songs. the ones i did know i was happy were in there
6 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Penny A Douglas
Location: from Rainier, WA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
December 12, 2007
very complete
I was glad to find music that was graduated in difficulty
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Kimberly
Location: from New Milford, CT
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
December 10, 2007
Great Bargain!
There are SO MANY great tunes in this book that you can use at Christmas. They are fairly simply arranged and range from traditional carols to fun songs about Santa! Great value. They are at an early intermediate/intermediate level.
8 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from PA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 6, 2007
Not what I expected
Songs are too easy, thought it would be more difficult; you get a lot of music for $15. Wish it would be spiral-bound. I would've gotten a different book if I would have known how simple the music was.
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Shirley Caddy
Location: from England
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
May 21, 2007
All the Best
This is a selection of the best sing-a-long Christmas music. Alone it will stand any accompanist in good stead for carol singing. It has the old faithfuls, but much more. Teamed with a good church carol book, a wide range of singable Christmas music is at hand without trawling through book after book after book. I recommend it. Adverse comments? Like many other music books, it won't stay open on the piano!
8 of 14 people found this review helpful.
SUE McKNIGHT
Location: from SPARKS, NV.
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
February 11, 2007
WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS
I NEEDED ONE PARTICULAR SONG FOR MY CHORUS AND FROM ALL THE REST I USED SEVERAL FOR NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS LOVELY BOOK.
4 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Texas
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 9, 2006
Chord players
GREAT for Chord players! and accompnimenting yourself wail singing!
6 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Britzey
Location: from New York
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 29, 2005
Perfect for breadth not depth
I bought this book last year and I'm still finding new songs in it! It's a brilliant collection for the collector. The arrangements are simple, perfect for sightreading and singalongs. The advanced pianist is given enough to put his own twist on the music. The perfect collection for a family at Christmas!
3 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Minneapolis
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 23, 2005
Bad printing, poor arrangements
These are on the simplified end of the scale for piano/vocal songbooks. Nearly all the titles have been transposed to C, F, G, D, or Bb, which makes for bland transitions when playing through the whole book. The hymn-based tunes are simplified compared to what you would have in a hymnal. Many songs lack introductions and endings. The overall production quality is low. Many pages have that ragged look that we would expect of a copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy instead of a freshly purchased piece of music. My particular copy was sloppily printed with not enough ink being fed into the press, so there are pages printed in medium gray instead of black. Notable missing songs include "White Christmas" and "Marshmallow World." The volume is perfect-bound and with any amount of use would probably see the pages fall out. Sadly, this appears unlikely to be a problem for me in practice.
9 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Tearra
Location: from Toronto, Canada
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 4, 2005
Best Chrismas Collevtion
This is the best christmas collection because all the songs are in one book with a very great price!
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Danae
Location: from Yokota AB, Japan
October 26, 2005
Nicest collection I've seen!
" It has plenty of songs. You probably won't have to buy any more Christmas music. It has a good assortment of the old and new Christmas songs like 'Silver and Gold' from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and 'Little Saint Nick'. They are at a difficulty for a wide range of piano students. It's the perfect choice if you want to get a lot of music. " [Editor's note - this review is for the previous edition. There are only minor changes between editions.]
6 of 14 people found this review helpful.