The Christmas Shortlist

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The Pianodao Music Library includes a wide range of seasonally-themed piano publications to suit all tastes and levels of playing. Keeping track of it all, especially as new publications appear from one year to the next, isn’t easy. Wouldn’t it be good to have a simple list of it all? Well, here it is…

The Christmas Shortlist opens the door to this wealth of wonderful music, bringing together links to all of this site’s reviews of seasonal repertoire in one place, guided by level.

Best of all, the list automatically updates whenever new titles are added, so you can come back year after year. Remember to bookmark this page for future reference!

And don’t forget that Pianodao Tea Room members receive a 20% discount from Musicroom for these and all sheet music publications.

Beginners • Elementary

As Christmas approaches, it’s natural that anyone playing the piano will want to break into seasonal fare, and there need be no disappointment. Here are some of the best publications for beginner to elementary (up to UK Grade 2) players eager to get into the Christmas spirit…

Intermediate (UK Grades 3 – 5)

Intermediate players will continue to enjoy all the publications listed in the Elementary section above, either as ‘quick-win’ pieces, sight reading material, or as a starting point for developing fuller creative arrangements themselves.

The Christmas Market stall is also well stocked with increasingly challenging arrangements and music suitable for the developing player; the following publications would suit the intermediate player, and in many cases offer more reflective pianistic versions of the established favourites:

Advanced (UK Grades 6 – 8)

For the more advanced piano player, there are many wonderful seasonal publications, ranging from showy classical arrangements to stunning jazz collections… take your pick from these:

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Andrew Eales

Andrew Eales is the author of HOW TO PRACTISE MUSIC, published worldwide by Hal Leonard. He is a widely respected piano educator and published composer based on Milton Keynes UK.