My first choice is the Sussex Carol. It's something that's fairly easy
to play, most people know it well and, of course, it sounds great on
both instruments. May not be the fanciest of tunes but very Christmassy.
Colin Hill
On 25/10/2013 09:41, Arle Lommel wrote:
Almost all the “classic” carols composed pre 1900 and even some composed
later work well. All you really need to ensure is that there are no key
changes and that the range doesn’t go below the dominant (i.e., below a
nominal G for a tune pitched in C on a C/G instrument). In addition to
those already mentioned, you could try the following:
* Angels We Have Heard on High
* The Holly She Bears a Berry
* Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
* Joy to The World
* O Come, All Ye, Faithful (Adestes Fideles)
* O Little Town of Bethlehem (the slower piece might be nice for your
child, but a nicer tune than the sort of depressed-sounding one
commonly used in the US can be found here
http://cantorion.org/music/14/O-Little-Town-of-Bethlehem-Forest-Green-tune-%28UK%29)
* The First Noel
Remember that drone instruments, particularly bagpipes, are associated
with Christmas in much of Europe and the Christmas tunes have typically
retained bagpipe-like characteristics and work well on bagpipe, so most
classic Christmas tunes work well on HG as well. It’s more a matter of
what *doesn’t* work well. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Holly-Jolly
Christmas, and some of the 1940s/50s tunes that still dominate Christmas
playlists won’t work, but most older tunes are no problem.
There are a lot of eastern European Christmas tunes that are quite
beautiful but not familiar to western audiences that work really well on
HG, but finding scores and information on them is tough.
Best,
Arle
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