DEBook in German

Deutsches Weihnachtsliederbuch mit 30 Weihnachtsliedern für Klavier und Gitarrenakkorde

By Joan Capafons

  • Full lyrics
  • Chord diagrams
Printed bookA4 · paperback · 79 pages · colour interior

€22.00incl. VAT

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ISBN 9781291665796 · Ref. CAPAPUB-62922

About the book

This German Christmas songbook with 30 traditional carols for piano is a musical and educational resource designed to bring German Christmas music to schools, teachers, families and music lovers. The book brings together a careful selection of traditional German Christmas carols, arranged to make them easy to play on the piano and to accompany with guitar chords.

It is designed both for use in education and for enjoying music during Advent and Christmas, combining musical rigour, clear notation and a very practical approach.

Traditional German carols adapted for the classroom and the home

This songbook includes 30 traditional German carols, widely known in Germany’s Christmas music culture. The songs have been chosen for their cultural value, their suitability for education and how easy they are to play, which makes them an ideal resource for working on music and the German language together.

Each carol presents the main melody in clear notation, so it can be played by children, teachers or amateur musicians without needing advanced music-reading skills.

Piano scores with fingering included

The piano scores in this songbook are designed to support progressive learning. The fingering marked on the melody helps place the fingers correctly and makes playing more secure and fluent, especially in education.

This approach makes the book especially useful for:

  • Primary and secondary music lessons

  • German teachers who use music as a teaching resource

  • Pupils starting out on the piano

  • Christmas music activities at school

Guitar chords for accompaniment

As well as the piano scores, the songbook includes guitar chords, so the songs can easily be accompanied on this instrument. This encourages group music-making, singing together and cooperative activities.

The combination of piano and guitar makes this book a very versatile resource, suitable for the classroom and for the family, school concerts, Christmas celebrations or music workshops.

An ideal resource for German teachers and music education

The German Christmas songbook for piano is especially recommended for German teachers, as it lets them work on the language through traditional songs, helping with pronunciation, memorising vocabulary and contact with German culture in a natural, motivating way.

Music thus becomes a cross-curricular teaching tool that connects language, culture and artistic expression.

Teaching approach and practical use

This songbook has been conceived as practical teaching material, easy to use in a teacher’s day-to-day work. The scores have a clear, tidy layout, designed to be easy to read and to use throughout the Christmas season.

It is a suitable resource for:

  • Classroom activities

  • School Christmas celebrations

  • Music workshops

  • Family use at home

A Christmas songbook to use year after year

Thanks to its traditional repertoire and teaching approach, this book is not a one-off resource but a Christmas songbook you can use again and again, designed to become part of the music collection of schools and families for many years.

The German Christmas songbook with 30 carols for piano and guitar chords is a solid, clear and accessible way to experience Christmas through music, learn German meaningfully and enjoy the pleasure of making music together.

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