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-- INTRODUCTION
Here we present an Ebook with quick and easy ways to stimulate Music Appreciation in
your own family this Christmas season - sheet music. The best part is, it's absolutely free!
So, if your child is beginning to play their music instrument, or is more experienced, you
can still add this to your repertoire come Christmas Eve.
Here are some free Christmas sheet music for you to enjoy and a new article on fostering
Music Appreciation in your family.
The 21st century will see children be born that are capable to build such complex
thoughts that these will be the reflection of new ways to explain and understand a world
that will be becoming more difficult for us to define.
We have to educate them well for the survival of our species, for an increased
sensitivity towards other human beings, for increasing comprehension of diversity and for
maintaining peace in our planet. All our efforts towards defending what belongs to us,
our nations, and the Earth will be wasted unless we consider that mankind needs peace,
internally and externally. What good does us to prepare our children other than for the
evolution of our species, the advancement of arts and science, the increased
understanding of the roles of different cultures, the search for spiritualism? Why prepare
our children for other than developing the need for them to become better each day that
passes? Philosophy, antropology, sociology, psychology, among other disciplines,
highlight themes of importance, among them those that explain the importance of
deriving meaning and increasing communication in interactions among men. Each one of
our generations sees itself creating meaning for what was defined regarding the
importance of life in society, and as the time passes, the new inhabitants of Earth create
new ways in which to explain new meanings to facts and acts in which men find
themselves involved in.
Men need to comprehend each other. One culture needs to value the others. The
teaching of music can provide a favorable environment for a specific type of
communication in society and this is why it is necessary to teach music to babies and
infants. The earlier we start, the better!
Teaching music provides the learning of signs and/or symbols, which amplify the
human capacity to know and create from systems and conventions that the child cannot
find in other systems and/or disciplines. And this practice helps develop intelligence. In
this opportunity, other concepts are developed. Objects and processes which are
unconventional are developed and from this arises the opportunigty for the musical
cognitive system to satisfy a specific type of human desire: that of creating with sound,
utilizing and thinking with sounds. Communicating with sound!
To live musically gives the child the opportunity to develop meanings which go
beyond those simply intellectual. Hence, the child exercises complex thoughts through
experiencing music, by participating and integrating him/herself in this ‘difficult to
define’ world. When the child is capable to communicate emotional needs, he/she
exteriorizes esthetic meanings, treating the abstract in a concrete way and assigning
objective meaning to other types of communication that he/she can create. Practicing
music in groups unifies chidren. To listen to music created by another exercises
communication abilities. To have your own music heard by others improves self-esteem.
Music is not, however, a language. It results from complex systems of sound utilization,
which through form, structure, and the instruments it utilizes, concretizes itself through
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the works, and conveys meaning. This is why music has to be taught to be understood in
all its complexity. The result for someone listening, or making music, is the exchange of
emotions. And the exchange of emotions promotes simplicity in this interaction. This
exchange also deepens communication. These manipulations with sound and structural
models must be linked to the context in which the individuals involved in the musical
experience are into. Therefore, each musical experience communicates the disposition,
creativity, and traces of different cultures, which reflect themselves in the processes of
musical production, appreciation, and reproduction.
In this manner, in order for us to defend the idea that it is necessary to promote
internal and external peace for mankind, we need to foment learning and musical
experience for our children, since an early age.
In the following paragraphs we will suggest some ideas about how to promote
teaching/learning music in our families:
3 – INITIATIVE! Have in mind an action plan. See how the child is going to be
exposed or become into contact with music. Will it be through and/or from listening since
C
Frosty the Snow Man
F C
was a jolly happy soul
F C
With a corn-cob pipe and a button nose
F G7
and two eyes made out of coal.
C
Frosty the Snow Man
F C
is a fairy tale they say
F C Am
He was made of snow but the children know
F G7 C
how he came to life one day.
F Em
There must have been some magic in
Dm G7 C
that old silk hat they found,
G E
For when they put it on his head
D7 G7
he began to dance around.
C
Oh, Frosty the Snow Man
F C
was alive as he could be,
F C Am
And the children say he could laugh and play
F G C
just the same as you and me.
Frosty the Snow Man knew the sun was hot that day,
So he said, "Let's run and we'll have some fun
now before I melt away."
Down to the village
with a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all around the square,
saying "Catch me if you can."
He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop,
And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler, "Stop!"
Frosty the Snow Man had to hurry on his way,
But he waved good-bye, saying, "Don't you cry;
I'll be back again some day."
CHORDS USED:
G7
CHORDS USED:
Db6 (x4332x)
Ebm7 (x68676)
Fm7 (x810898)
Gbmaj7(x91110119)
Abm7 (464444)
Db7 (x46464)
Gbmaj7(2x332x)
B9 (x2122x)
C G C
Angels we have heard on high,
C G C
Singing sweetly through the night,
C G C
And the mountains in reply
C G C
Echoing their brave delight.
CHORUS:
C A7 Dm G C F G
Gloria...............
C G C F G
in excelsis Deo.
C A7 Dm G C F G
Gloria...............
C G C F G C
in excelsis Deo.
C G C
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
C G C
Why these songs of happy cheer?
C G C
What great brightness did you see?
C G C
What glad tiding did you hear?
ADDITIONAL VERSES:
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the new-born King.
CHORDS USED:
C (x32010)
G (320003)
F (xx3211)
A7 (x02020)
Dm (xx0231)
D Bm Em A D Bm Em A
It's the most wonderful time of the year
Em A D
With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you
G G#dim7
"Be of good cheer"
D Bm Em A D Em A
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
D Bm Em A D Bm Em A
It's the hap - happiest season of all
Em A D
With those holiday greetings and gay, happy meetings
G G#dim7
When friends come to call,
D Bm Em A D Am D
it's the hap - happiest season of all.
G G#dim7 D Bm
There'll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting,
Em A D
and caroling out in the snow.
Gm C F Dm
There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories
Em7b5 Bb Em A
of Christmases long, long ago.
D Bm Em A D Bm Em A
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
Em A D
There'll be mistle-toeing, and hearts will be glowing
G G#dim7
when loved ones are near.
D Bm Em A D
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
UNUSUAL CHORDS:
G#dim7 (4x343x)
Em7b5 (0x2333) (low E is optional
C Dm C G C
Joy to the world! The Lord is come;
F G C
Let earth receive her King.
C
Let every heart prepare Him room,
C
And heav'n and nature sing,
G
And heav'n and nature sing,
C F C Dm C G7 C
And heav'n and heav'n and nature sing.
Additional Verses:
Joy to the world! The Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ.
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
F C7 F
It doesn't show signs of stopping,
F Abdim C7
And I brought some corn for popping.
Gm D7 Gm
The lights are turned way down low,
C7 F
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
C
When we finally kiss good night,
Dm G7 C
How I'll hate going out in the storm.
C
But if you really hold me tight,
D7 G7 C7
All the way home I'll be warm.
F C7 F
The fire is slowly dying,
F Abdim C7
And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing,
Gm D7 Gm
But as long as you love me so.
C7 F
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
<D>Six geese-a-laying,
Six geese-a-laying,
Six geese-a-laying,
B F# B
In the meadow we can build a snowman
B F# B
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
D A D
He'll say "Are you married ?", We'll say "No man,
D A D
But you can do the job when you're in town."
B F# B
In the meadow we can build a snowman
B F# B
And pretend that he's a circus clown
D A D
We'll have lots of fun with Mr.Snowman
D A D
Until the other kiddies knock him down
G C
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
G C
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
G D7 G D7
Santa Claus is coming to town
G C
He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice
G C
He's gonna find out who's naughty and nice
G D7 G
Santa Claus is coming to town
G7 C
He sees you when you're sleeping
G7 C
He knows if you're awake
A7 D
He knows if you've been bad or good
A7 D
So be good for goodness sake
G C
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
G C
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
G D7 G
Santa Claus is coming to town
OPTIONAL INTRO:
G
I just came back from a lovely trip
C
Silent night, holy night
G C
All is calm, All is bright
F C
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
F C
Holy Infant so Tender and mild,
G C
Sleep in heavenly peace,
C G C
Sleep in heavenly peace.
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Ho p e y o u h a v e e n j o y e d o u r c ompi l a t i o n a n d
H a pp y Ho l id a y s!
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