Carolyn MillerTeaching Little Fingers to Play Christmas Carols: A Christmas Book for the Earliest Beginner

I am a 40yo teaching myself piano and ordered this for some fun during the month of December. It is full of simple melody lines that are easy to follow and sing along to. My six year old loves to sing with me when I play. I am sure by next December this will be too basic but for now it makes me so happy! I would recommend this book to both young and old beginner students. I don't think any of the songs have chords and I think only one song (Silent Night) has a sharp. This book also has teacher accompaniment with all the songs so it would be fun to pull out and use in lessons during the month of December for any of your students who are Christian. Highly recommend!

Simple piano music for early piano players

Used this for several of my piano students that are in their 1st or 2nd semester of piano lessons and are either in the 1st and 2nd John Thompson beginning books. They loved being able to play Christmas songs so early in their piano careers!

It may be that my idea of the earliest beginner, and the author's idea is different. I may not be the right teacher for this book. But if you're looking for something that has no sharps or flats then this book isn't right for you. A lot of the songs had at least 1 sharp or flat, which is fine if the songs matched that level of skill. By the time my students are learning sharps and flats, they can play more than just a melody line. So, just not the right book for me and my students. It may be the right book for you though. 4 stars because I don't have a problem with the seller or the condition of the book. It just wasn't what i thought it was going to be by the title.

My children have been working through this series of piano books from the beginning. It seems to be a fairly successful series for the motivated child. (The other child is not as interested in the piano.)At Christmas time this is a good gift for a child that likes the piano.

Such easy arrangements. My grand child could play a few of the songs very early in her studies.So much fun.

Lots of fun traditional Christmas carols to make the earliest piano students feeling like they can play something other than a piano study piece. Wish it were more progressive difficult pieces included so that students can use it a second year, rather than needing a new book every year.

I haven’t taken piano lessons in 30 years, so I had forgotten how to read notes. I can still play by ear, so I wanted an easy to read book. I like this book because it had tips on reading notes. With that, I have been able to play most of the songs. With a little more refreshing, I should be able to get the rest. I think this is a good book for someone who has at least started taking lessons, as this book doesn’t seem to be designed to actually teach you how to play.

I thought this would be much better than it is, not the best for beginners as stated. I'll be looking around for something different