If you're feeling stress this holiday season, sit down with these 23 soothing favorites. Arranged in a gentle, approachable style, they're relaxing to learn and relaxing to play. Songs include: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire); Christmas Time Is Here; The Gift; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Merry Christmas, Darling; Santa Baby; Snowfall; Somewhere in My Memory; Walking in the Air; White Christmas; and more.

Improvising your own peaceful, relaxing music on the piano may seem difficult for beginners, but it doesn't have to be! Pianist, composer/arranger, educator, and author Mark Harrison gets you into the Piano Zen mood by taking you through all the necessary steps to create your own "Calm Piano" music. Topics covered include: triad patterns for left and right hands; creating melodies from major, minor and pentatonic scales; using 7th chords in your arrangements;...