This arrangement of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is playable in first position for all instruments and pitched in a singable key for sing-alongs. There are thirty of these available here either as separate arrangements or in three collections entitled "Ten Easy Carol Arrangements for String Quartet".
This was originally written for whole class year 7 singing as another way to remember rhythm notation. The lyrics are not supposed to be taken seriously!
I use this arrangement with my middle school orchestra. It is very flexible. The optional woodwind parts double the string parts and were played by 8th grade (USA) players in their third year of instrumental music. There is an optional 2nd violin part and an optional Violin III (sub for Viola) part. The keyboard part can be played on piano or harpsichord. It also will work with Violin I,II, Viola or Violin III and piano. Permission is gra...
