The Christmas Box: Melodeon Carols

Product Description

[Try before you buy: “The Christmas Box – Melodeon Carols” uses the same notation as in the earlier book “Melodeon Classics – from Morris to Mozart”. By following the link to the author page – click the Tony Croft link above – you will find a video introduction to that book which outlines the notation used, some sample pages and a sample video of a Bach Minuet. Further videos can be found on the associated YouTube channels. ]

The Christmas Box – Melodeon Carols has been written for D/G diatonic accordion players who want to diversify and extend their repertoire especially for the Christmas Season. For readers of music and non-readers alike, there are twenty arrangements of much-loved Christmas Carols. A standard sheet music arrangement of the Carol is followed by three rows of notation indicating which buttons to press on the G and D rows, and which bass notes and chord combinations to play with the left hand. The arrangements are written for a standard two-row D/G melodeon for which the third button on the inside row (G row) of the right-hand side gives the note G when pushed.
The Carols range in difficulty: some are relatively straightforward melodies whilst others require more skill and sensitivity. Some experience with a D/G melodeon is required and players should be familiar with techniques such as row-crossing and choosing appropriate fingering. Beyond this, the book is self-contained.
A brief section on relevant musical theory is included to help those who are unfamiliar get to grips with the musical notation.
YouTube videos are available showing the author demonstrating each of the Carols.
Examples of similar tunes (sample pages and videos) are available by clicking the link to my author page (Tony Croft)
Contents: 1. Away in a Manger 2. Deck the Halls 3. Ding Dong Merrily on High 4. Good King Wenceslas 5. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 6. I Saw Three Ships 7. In Dulci Jubilo 8. In the Bleak Midwinter 9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 10. O Come All Ye Faithful 11. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 12. O Little Town of Bethlehem 13. O Christmas Tree 14. See, amid the Winter’s Snow 15. Silent Night 16. The First Noel 17. The Holly and the Ivy 18. We Three Kings of Orient Are 19. While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night 20. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

About the Author

Tony is an award-winning teacher, a UK National Teaching Fellow, and brings a wealth of experience of making challenging topics accessible. He has written numerous mathematics books and open learning courses for the Future Learn platform. He has a comprehensive musical knowledge gained from wide experience starting as a young pianist, then playing as a church organist, before discovering folk music in his teens. More information can found on his website tonycroft.co.uk
He has been playing the melodeon for around fifteen years and has developed an interest in abridgements and arrangements of classical melodies for the melodeon (See the tutor book “Melodeon Classics – from Morris to Mozart”). He plays French Café Music with the Nottingham-based duo Rendezvous and performs intricate interpretations of classical music with accordionist Kate Morris.
Tony can tutor the melodeon and is available both for private tuition and running small group workshops.