• This page contains information on Christmas sheet music for the piano including both free and paid material. Featured sheet music includes ranges from beginner 3-chord songs all the way up to advanced techniques.

• Fast Facts

  1. Also known as "a score"
  2. Sold individually or in books of songs
  3. Oldest sheet music found dates back to 1400 BCVideo Click Albums: Ten Things You Might Not Know About Sheet Music
  4. The first machine printed sheet music was printed in 1473Video Click Albums: Ten Things You Might Not Know About Sheet Music
  5. Most recognizable Christmas song: "Silent Night"Ezine: Odd Christmas Facts

• Sheet Music Definitions

  1. Lead sheet: Sheet music that gives only the fundamental elements of a song without specifying exactly how it will be played
  2. Sight reading: Playing a piece of sheet music while reading it for the first time

• Piano Fast Facts

  1. Name derived from the Italian pianoforte
  2. Commonly 150 cm wide
  3. Likely inventor: Padua, Italy's Bartolomeo Cristofori
  4. First known piano surfaced around 1700
  5. Descendant of the clavichord and harpsichord
  6. Popular configurations: Grand, baby grand and upright
  7. Self-playing "player" piano invented in 1895Pianola: Piano Player History
  8. Digital pianos and electronic keyboards came into wide use in the 1980s
  9. Key instrument in classical, jazz and R&B

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