Tu scendi dalle stelle (From Starry Skies Descending)

Alphonse de Liguori · Level 3 (Late beginner) · traditional · Piano

The most popular Italian Christmas carol, written by St Alphonsus Liguori in 1754 at Nola near Naples; a pastoral sway in 6/8. An easy arrangement in C major: the right hand plays the tune, the left hand holds open fifths (root and fifth of each chord).

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Work in four-bar phrases, hands separately then together. Keep the left hand softer than the tune: let the right hand sing.

Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après le chant d’Alphonse de Liguori (1754) · Public Domain