• 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.

    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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