HEAVENLY HARP SERIES Traditional Christmas – Book 2

“As far as we can determine the earliest harmony was called organum which arrived sometime in the ninth century. Wouldn’t it be awful if TRADITIONALISTS had said at that time, “Well, that’s it! Just can’t get any better than that.” We’d be listening to only fourths, fifths and octaves, even today! But, some daring souls chose to experiment with new forms and soon the triad was discovered…Wonderful minds like those of Debussy and Ravel came along at last and gave us music with passing tones, suspensions, 6ths and 9ths, etc. In so doing they lifted music to a new high with the spice of enjoyable dissonance while opening the doors wide for today’s arrangers to rely on their ears, not the rules of tradition, in determining the harmonic structure of their writing. We do just that, but also try to exercise good taste and return to the concept of the composer’s melody being the most important thing.” Chuck & Susie.TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS BOOK TWO arr. by Chuck Bird and Susan Peters.