Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1325497 By Nat Cole With N. Riddle Orch. By Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by Thomas Gunther. Christmas,Holiday,Jazz. Score. 4 pages. Thomas Gunther Music Productions #913724. Published by Thomas Gunther Music Productions (A0.1325497). Solo Piano Arrangement By Thomas GuntherThe Christmas Song is maybe the most popular Christmas Song in the USA. Some know it as Chestnuts Roasted On An Open Fire or Merry Christmas to You. The melody is absolutely beautiful, and the chord changes super interesting. I especially like Nat King Cole's version, which is in Db major. To make it easier for intermediate piano players I wrote my piano solo arrangement in C major instead. It is still challenging  enough.The sheet music will be available for purchase at 2pm Chicago time on Nov 27.About The ArrangementThe arrangement is written in jazz ballade style. It doesn't swing. I includes a fun double time improvisation section though which I made up on the spot during the second B section when I recorded the song. It is in latin style. The arrangement can be performed with or without improvisation. Should you be a jazz pianist you could use the included chord symbols to make up your own improvisation.About The Sheet MusicThe sheet music is the exact transcription of my recording, including the improvisation part. (You can listen to it and see me perform in the video below.)The sheet music contains jazz chord symbols and plentiful of articulations as well as some dynamic markings. How This Arrangement Came AboutMay arrangement is heavily based on the Nat King Cole version. I love the ballade feel and the beautiful chord substitutions he uses in the orchestration. First I simply played along with his version in Db major. This helped me to figure out the harmony. Next I start thinking about the accompaniment. Now it is time to practice it. Once I have the arrangement figured out I start recording it a few times, listen to each version, iron out the edges. Now it is time to record the entire thing. Recommendations For Learning The SongI recommend that you first listen to my performance while reading along in the sheet music. I always think about fingering and sustain pedal use at the same time when learning a song. Smart use of the sustain pedal can really make it much easier to play.Is This Arrangement For You?This solo piano arrangement is for every pianist who loves The Christmas Song. It doesn't matter would kind of pianist you are. The arrangement is certainly for intermediate pianists and up. It is also beneficial when you don't have very small hands. Some chords in the left hand require a hand span of a 10th. However, there are ways to get around that by simply rolling the notes with the help of the sustain pedal.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918293 By Nat Cole With N. Riddle Orch. By David Climie, Mel Torme, Robert Wells, and Stanley Myers. Arranged by Brenda Dillon. Contemporary. Score. 3 pages. Dillon's Music Group #6169471. Published by Dillon's Music Group (A0.918293). The Christmas Song, written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Torme, has been subtitled as Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. Even though it was written during a hot July, the lyrics began as a suggestion for thinking and staying cool. The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded it in June, 1946. The cool lyrics include: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like EskimosAbout the composer: Brenda Dillon is best known for her contributions to the Recreational Music Making movement. In addition to her contributions to the RMM Track for MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday, she also presented group piano and RMM sessions throughout the U.S. As well as serving as a teacher trainer, she has written extensive articles on both group piano and RMM teaching. She has publications with Hal Leonard and Alfred Music listed on her website. (www.brendadillon.com).

By Justin Bieber Featuring Usher, King Cole Trio, Les Brown (vocal Doris Day), Nat Cole With N. Riddle Orch., John Denver, Martina McBride, Christina Aguilera, Sheryl Crow, Michael Buble, and Clay Crosse. By Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by John Waters. Christmas, Holiday, Jazz, Standards, Traditional. Score. 2 pages. Published by John Waters

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1195434 By King Cole Trio. By Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by Justin K. Reeve. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,New Age,Traditional. Score. 3 pages. Justin Kenlon Reeve #794604. Published by Justin Kenlon Reeve (A0.1195434). The Christmas Song, also know as Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire was composed by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells in 1944, incidentally during a hot summer. The most popular recording of this song was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946. The descriptive language of the song is poignant and something anyone can identify with during the Christmas season -- carolers, people bundled up in warm clothing, and children, with innocent magical imagery dancing around in their heads, anxiously watching for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve.