The Giant Book of Christmas Sheet Music: Easy Piano (The Giant Book of Sheet Music)

Songs are a good selection however, its not as easy as I was hoping. That said however, I purchased an easier book and the songs dont sound as good. This book takes some practice but its worth it.

And as many people have noted, levels can be confusing. What is always helpful to me are the grade guidelines that Sheet Music Plus provides. They note that "Easy Piano" is usually not beginner, but rather intermediate. Looking at some of the music in the previews of this book was also very helpful. I'm an adult returner and I can stumble through sight-reading both hands for most of these, but each will take some practice to be "performance ready".That said, I find Dan Coates's arrangements really enjoyable to play. The musicality of them really appeals to me. I don't get tired of playing them.And the book stays open--always a plus.

Pretty easy for me and I’m not an accomplished pianist. I can’t play by ear so this was great!!I took to Office Depot and got it spiral bound!Buy it

I am a music teacher who is mediocre at piano. I can read music and count rhythms, but I don’t have the skill and coordination to sightread complex piano parts. I LOVE this book. The arrangements don’t sound childish, but they’re simple enough that with a little practice I can play everything in this book.This book is not for beginners, but for a true intermediate player (or former player who wants to dust off the piano at Christmas) this book is amazing!

Easy piano is a subjective term because easy means something to different people. This book is for someone that has been playing consistently for about a year or may be a bit longer. Some arrangements are easier than other. But overall this is really great book. I would recommend you search YouTube for the book tittle. Someone has recorded all the pieces and that will tell you if this is the right book for you at your level of playing.

This book is exactly what I was looking for! All my favorite Christmas songs and beautiful arrangements. It's not too difficult if you are an intermediate pianist. I highly recommend this book. Thanks!

This is a truly outstanding collection of advanced beginner Christmas songs with something for everyone melody wise. "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" is one page that took me a week to master. There are others such as "O Holy Night" that are longer and take a bit more practice - lots of arpeggios. I had five years of Suzuki piano lessons as a kid but hadn't played the piano in decades until a year ago. This book is just perfect for my abilities and is something I can play from indefinitely with practice. That's the key - they are not super easy but are enough of a challenge that I haven't gotten bored yet. Comments regarding binding? - I just press the pages and spine and the book stays on my electric keyboard stand just fine for current songs. Those that require a page turn I'm not playing yet? - I will likely be regretting not getting the whole thing comb bound. (Update: I contacted Staples and they said the page margins are too narrow to accommodate comb binding.) Regardless, I'm thrilled with the book.

Great collection of Christmas songs! Perfect for my intermediate piano students!

Good collection of Christmas music. Reasonably arranged but very easy and sound too simple. They serve the purpose for others to sing along with but not good enough as solo pieces. They would suit beginners (who can play scales and arpeggio reasonably well, can sight read and play entry level pieces by classic composers). I haven't played piano for 20 years, yet after 15 minutes of playing a few pieces out of this book I think they need to be improvised to sound better. I also don't think the arrangements for certain pieces (such as let it snow and santa claus coming to town) is quite right to give the jazzy feel. A slight shift in the beat has made a huge difference.All in all, a music sheet book for beginners.

Having had two now with exactly the same problem it would appear there is a manufacturing fault with these books. Pages 33 to 40 are badly bound and wrinkled in the book, which makes the book awkward to keep open at those pages. For this price I would expect a better quality.

The book has all the detailed contents it says it has and is certainly of very good quality. However, it was a bit too difficult musically for the families I bought it for. Even those who read music struggled a bit, despite their enjoyment of the book generally, so in terms of picking out the melodies and tunes it is definitely not for absolute beginners.

Love this book. Lovely simple arrangements but still have a full melodic sound.

Thought this too easy so returned it. Probably suit beginner Grade one