'Carol of the Bells' - Advanced Arrangement (+ Free Music)

[fredviner]

Hope you enjoy my new piano arrangement of 'Carol of the Bells'!

[visitor]

Holy fuzzy wuzzy wow!
This is really good paraphrase concert arrangements type stuff , it has all the hallmarks of good encore fodder in the Lisztian flavor side of the music casserole (sorry I'm hungry).

Also hungry for more ,you have an instant sub w me and if you are not self publishing or having this managed for you , get to t locked down yesterday and sell it,you need to be making money off this stuff and at this level of excellence,

Really nice decisions in subtle harmomic transformation at transition hinges too, dang that was beyond cool, is the audio realized ? It needs love /acoustic recording, heck it's out of my league to get done this season but I hope someone buys this records it, I certainly would and wouldn't hesitate to purchase it and ear mark for a future holidays season

[ranjit]

Check out the video description, there's a lady who plays it.

[ranjit]

Agreed with visitor that this is a very good transcription. The only thing I felt was that you have the high Bb on top of the melody line a lot of the time. You could possibly develop that as well, say with some additional flourishes such as arpeggios, or crafting an entire slow melody line at the end. It could then climax at the end along with the other parts which would sound fantastic.

[visitor]

Agreed with visitor that this is a very good transcription. The only thing I felt was that you have the high Bb on top of the melody line a lot of the time. You could possibly develop that as well, say with some additional flourishes such as arpeggios, or crafting an entire slow melody line at the end. It could then climax at the end along with the other parts which would sound fantastic.

Agree or even a small middle few measures that are a slow variation on the theme a brief respite catch your breath before the fiery finish

[quantum]

Very nice!

[fredviner]

Thanks for the comments, everyone! I plan to make this an annual tradition so will hope to improve with each new arrangement (got my eye on 'I Saw Three Ships' next...).

Be sure to grab the free sheet music in the video's description if you fancy having a crack at it. Yes, the pianist is the wonderful Jill Morton who will be playing two more pieces by me on the run-up to Christmas (including 'We Three Kings'). Please subscribe and stay tuned for those!