Christmas Piano Music played by Don Shetterly

I never get tired of seeing this video.  I still love this music even though I've played it a million times and heard it a million times.  Okay, maybe a million is an exaggerated number, but I so love these songs.

Take a minute to listen to Christmas Piano Music played by Don Shetterly



The three songs on this YouTube Video are

• The First Noel (Nowell)
• Angels From The Realms Of Glory
• Away In A Manger

I have had people ask me how I put these songs together in the form I do.  When I play songs like this, I just automatically shift between the songs.  It is something that came natural to me when I used to play for church growing up as a kid.  It is very hard to explain, but somehow I just automatically transition from one song to the next.  I love doing this and making it flow because it offers such beautiful arrangements and possibilities.

YouTube Link:  Christmas Piano Music

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We Three Kings - Christmas Piano Songs

This is the 6th track on my CD.   The CD is titled, Christmas Piano Songs and is a collection of Christmas music that I have enjoyed since I was a child.  All of the music on this CD is instrumental piano music with no vocal.  These songs were ones that I often performed in church or for different caroling events that we did such as nursing homes.

We Three Kings is one of the first songs I ever learned on the piano when I first started to take lessons.  I remember Mrs Tucker, my piano teacher buying this book of Christmas Piano Songs for me and We Three Kings was one of the fist I learned.  It has always held a special place in my heart because of that.

This song was a favorite in church nativity plays and worship services.  It has such a majestic feel to it that it gives the feeling of a royal king when it is played.


Hopefully you will enjoy my version of this song on the piano.  These songs are great for having on hand during Christmas parties or even as you unwrap your gifts at Christmas.  I realize the stores overplay Christmas music, but to me, this CD is something special an unique.  I hope you do check it out!

Don Shetterly In Home Christmas Concert YouTube Video

Christmas Piano Music
YouTube Video
Don Shetterly

In 2007, I created a video of an in-home Christmas concert.  The song that is playing on this YouTube Video is the Christmas Medley from my CD, Christmas Songs.  It is one of my favorites.  The songs that make up the Christmas Medley are The First Noel (Nowell), Angels From The Realms Of Glory, and Away In A Manger.  The entire video is around 5:24 minutes in length.  To date, it has had over 24,000 views.

Some people has asked how I put these songs together in the flowing manner that I do and to be honest, I have no idea how to explain this concept.  I learned a long time ago when I was playing for churches, how to flow one song to the next.  It is one of those talents that I have and it is what you see coming through in this medley.  Most of the time, the songs flow together naturally and I do not give it any thought.  Usually, they just happen.

Piano Christmas Music

I've been working hard lately on a new website called Christmas Piano Songs . So maybe the title for this blog entry should be "Christmas Piano Songs" instead of "Christmas Piano Music". Of course, it probably does not matter for a blog because it is all Christmas music and it is all piano music. I've been running some advertisement as well to see if I can increase sales on it. This has kept me very busy trying to learn and understand how to do this. Tis the season of the year to be advertising for this. I normally do not try to advertise on here but this is the reason I have not posted much lately. I'll be resuming posting very soon.

Anyway, I plan on adding much more to the website than is already there. But here are a few things it has:

1. Downloadable Christmas Sheet Music through Virtual Sheet Music
2. Lyrics to many of my favorite Christmas carols that is in a pdf format so you can print it!
3. An iTunes imix of my favorite Christmas carols including the ones from my Christmas CD.
4. The history of many of the Christmas carols listed on the website
5. Many places to download the Christmas Songs online
6. The story of the Birth Of Jesus
7. Words to Twas The Night Before Christmas
8. Miscellaneous facts and trivia that I'll be adding to as I go.

So anyway, if you want to check it out, the website is www.christmaspianosongs.com

Make sure you pass the website on to all your friends!

Please feel free to give me feedback as well or other things you might think of that I can include. As long as I don't run into copyright issues, I will consider adding your ideas!

Relaxing Christmas Piano Music

How about some relaxing Christmas music?

My new song "Christmas Piano Music: Christmas Morning" just
went live on iTunes today.

There's still time to download the song on

iTunes

Amazon

Napster

Rhapsody

Check out my website for more information about the song as well as sound
clips. http://www.donshetterly.com

And stay tuned for a Holiday Mini Concert Video!