Looking for a new piece for your holiday gigs?

Presenting "O Christmas Tree" (aka "O Tannenbaum," aka "Mon Beau Sapin"), a shareware arrangement for pedal harp!

Please feel free to download the arrangement (below in pdf), try it out, email it to your friends, copy it for your students, etc. In fact, please let anyone who might be interested know about it!

And if you (or they) enjoy the piece, I would love to be paid for it (mostly for writing in all those pedals..) You can do this, in about 90 seconds, via a secure payment with Paypal/credit card, by clicking the "donate" button below. The recommended donation is $5-10.

The advantage of this system, of course, is that you get your music right away, and get to try it out. I'm very curious to see how this concept works out. In fact, I have an ongoing discussion with a few friends about whether this idea is ingenious or naive (and how guilty consciences and good karma fit in) and I'm counting on you to help prove me right!

Also, a new arrangement of "Silent Night" is in the works. If you'd like to be informed when it's finished, drop me an email or just check back here.

Some quick note on the arrangement:

All of the 8th notes are swung. Sometimes I've notated them as triplets (when they're being played against another triplet), to make this especially clear. But basically, everything is in a triplet, "long-short" rhythm.

The left hand muffles are, for the most part, flat palm muffles, made as you're placing for the next chord.

Have fun with "O Christmas Tree," and best wishes for the holidays.

Park Stickney

Download "O Christmas Tree" in .pdf
(right click or control click (mac) the link to download)

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