Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano: Fake Book - Paperback

by Sandy Silverthorne (Illustrator), Donna Gielow McFarland (Author)

(Fake Book). This easy, entry-level fake book features 24 well-known Christmas songs in leadsheet notation - melody, lyrics and chord symbols. A step-by-step tutorial shows players new to improvisation a method for getting started. All songs are in singable keys with no more than two sharps or flats in the key signature. Chords are simplified and melodies are in large, easy-to-read music notation. Includes: Jingle Bells * Silent Night * Joy to the World * We Three Kings * O Holy Night * What Child is This? * The Twelve Days of Christmas * and many more. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Sandy Silverthorne.

Author Biography

Donna Gielow McFarland received a B.Mus. in Piano Performance from Wheaton College and an M.Mus. in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oregon. Along with teaching piano lessons to children and adults, she teaches music theory at Northwest Christian University. Donna has published original piano compositions and arrangements with The Lorenz Company. She also writes stories for children and textbooks for music theory and class piano. Donna lives in Oregon with her husband and son.