Contents
I Saw Three Ships / Daeth Tair o Longau
Away in a Manger / I Orwedd Mewn Preseb
Silent Night / Dawel Nos
O Tannenbaum
Good Christian Men, Rejoice / Cydseiniwn Lawen Gân
Good King Wenceslas / Wenseslas, y Brenin Mwyn
While Shepherds Watched / Pan Oedd Bugeiliaid
We Three Kings / Tri Ŷm Ni
Unto Us a Child is Born
O Come, All ye Faithful / O Deuwch Ffyddloniaid
Deck the Halls / Nos Galan
God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen
The First Noel
Il est né, le divin enfant
Happy New Year / Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Notes from the arranger
Introduction for Teachers and Parents
Starting to play the harp can be an exciting time for many young players, while the prospect of performing in their first Christmas concert is an experience they may not forget.
These graded arrangements of fifteen carols are aimed at students in the early stages of learning. For some this can be quite a daunting time, bearing in mind that the students are often not only focusing on reading music, but also being introduced to the basic technique of harp playing. I have inserted suggestions of fingering and bracketing, as I feel this is a discipline which should be introduced in the initial stages of playing. With this in mind, I have deliberately omitted dynamics, phrasing and tempo indications so that the student’s attention can be focused on reading and acquiring a firm technique from the beginning.
In order to accommodate students with subtle differences in ability, you will find more than one arrangement for each carol so that every harp student should be able to perform at a Christmas concert, as a soloist or in a larger ensemble with all their harpist friends.
When the student has mastered these arrangements, why not move on to two further books arranged by myself – Christmas Carols (Carolau Nadolig) and Famous Music for the Harp, Volume 4, “Music for Christmas.”
Meinir Heulyn
Cyflwyniad i Athrawon a Rhieni
Mae dechrau canu’r delyn yn gallu bod yn amser cyffrous i lawer o ddisgyblion ifanc ac mae perfformio yn eu cyngerdd Nadolig cyntaf yn medru bod yn brofiad sy’n aros yn y cof am byth.
Rwyf wedi anelu’r casgliad o bymtheg carol sy’n y llyfr hwn at ddisgyblion sydd newydd ddechrau canu’r delyn. Yn naturiol gall y cyfnod hwn fod yn dipyn o sialens i rai, gan fod angen nid yn unig dysgu darllen cerddoriaeth ond hefyd rhoi sylw dyladwy i’r dechneg o ganu’r delyn. Rwyf wedi ychwanegu manylion byseddu, a nodi pa nodau i’w paratoi, gan fy mod o’r farn y dylid disgwyl disgyblaeth o’r fath o’r cychwyn cyntaf. Yn fwriadol does dim cyfarwyddiadau ar gyfer lliwio, brawddegu a tempo er mwyn i’r disgybl ganolbwyntio’n llwyr ar ddarllen y nodau’n gywir a datblygu techneg gadarn.
Fe welwch fod mwy nag un trefniant i bob carol, fel bo posibilrwydd i bob disgybl gymryd rhan mewn cyngerdd Nadolig, boed yn unigol neu yn aelod o ensemble gyda’u ffrindiau.
Ar ôl meistrolu’r trefniannau hyn, beth am ystyried dau gasgliad arall gen i o gerddoriaeth y Nadolig – Carolau Nadolig a Famous Music for the Harp, Volume 4, “Music for Christmas”.
Meinir Heulyn
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