New Year is also a time when there is quite a lot of familiar, not very difficult (and also out-of-copyright) music still knocking about from Christmas. I reckon you could devise an entire course of music training based solely on Christmas music - starting with the easy, Grade-1 recorder stuff like "Away in a Manger" and working up to the jazzier, more sophisticated "Christmas Song". (Though of course you could just jazz up "Away in a Manger".)
For now, I'm using the easy ones to practise anticipating intervals and adding basic left-hand accompaniments. I might even sing along too! Then, via sites like about.com, I'm comparing others' arrangements, to see how they've made the songs more interesting.
For now, I'm using the easy ones to practise anticipating intervals and adding basic left-hand accompaniments. I might even sing along too! Then, via sites like about.com, I'm comparing others' arrangements, to see how they've made the songs more interesting.
