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Learn great flatpicking solos on 30 wonderful Christmas and Holiday tunes! Aimed at beginning and intermediate guitarists, this collection of traditional Holiday favorites will be a great addition to any guitarist's repertoire. Most solos use the basic bluegrass/folk bass note/strum technique with melodies integrated into known chord patterns. Others feature the arpeggio strum, a beautiful chord melody technique. Explore transposing solos from one key to another, changing and mixing meter (3/4 to 4/4), soloing in more than one octave, playing a solo with others as a round, and more! Sing and play all your favorite carols and Christmas songs in the flatpicking/bluegrass style. Included audio CD has all solos played at slow and regular speeds. Standard notation and tablature. Learn great flatpicking solos on 30 wonderful Christmas and Holiday tunes! For beginning and intermediate guitarists Use the basic bass note/strum technique Melodies integrated into known chord patterns Learn the arpeggio strum, a beautiful chord melody technique Practice transposing solos from one key to another Practice changing and mixing meter (3/4 to 4/4) Learn soloing in more than one octave Playing a solo with others as a round Sing and play all your favorite carols and Christmas songs A great addition to any guitarist's repertoire
By Dix Bruce
Overall Difficulty: Beginning
Instrument: Guitar (Flatpicking)
Music Style: Christmas
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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Song List For Christmas Favorites For Solo Guitar: Best-Loved Traditional Songs For Bluegrass Guitar
Jingle Bells - Composed by: Pierpont - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Silent Night - Composed by: Gruber, Mohr - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Joy To The World - Composed by: Handel, Watts - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Angels We Have Heard On High - Traditional - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Away In A Manger - Composed by: Mueller - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
The First Noel - English Carol - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Good King Wenceslas - Traditional - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Traditional English - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Auld Lang Syne - Scottish - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - Lyrics by: R. Burns - © 2009
What Child Is This? - English Air - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Deck The Hall - Welsh Traditional - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Up On The Housetop - Composed by: B.R. Hanby - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Composed by: Sears, Willis - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
O Holy Night - Composed by: Adam - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Composed by: Hopkins - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
O Christmas Tree - Traditional German - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Traditional - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
I Saw Three Ships - Traditional English - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Go Tell It On The Mountain - Composed by: Work - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Toyland - Composed by: Herbert And MacDonough - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
O Come All Ye Faithful - Composed by: Wade - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
The Friendly Beasts - Traditional - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
The Coventry Carol - English - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Gregorian Chant - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - French - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Ding Dong Merrily On High - Traditional - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Children Go Where I Send Thee - African-American - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Hey Ho, Nobody Home - Traditional English - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Rise Up, Shepherds, And Follow - African American - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
Here We Come A'Caroling - Traditional English - Arranged by: Dix Bruce - © 2009
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Audio Samples For Christmas Favorites For Solo Guitar: Best-Loved Traditional Songs For Bluegrass Guitar
Disc 1 track 1 is a tuning track.
Each song has two tracks; the first track is recorded at a slower practice tempo and the second track is recorded at a normal tempo.
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Disc 1, Track 2 - Silent Night - Best (462kb) - Good (2Mb)
Disc 1, Track 3 - Silent Night - No audio samples available for this track
Disc 1, Track 4 - Away In A Manger - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 6 - Joy To The World - Best (480kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 8 - Jingle Bells - Best (481kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 10 - Angels We Have Heard On High - Best (464kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 12 - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Best (465kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 14 - Jolly Old St. Nicholas - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 16 - The First Noel - Best (473kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 18 - Children Go Where I Send Thee - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 20 - Deck The Hall - Best (487kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 22 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Best (468kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 24 - Here We Come A'Caroling - Best (493kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 26 - O Come All Ye Faithful - Best (485kb) - Good (2Mb)
Disc 1, Track 27 - O Come All Ye Faithful - Best (533kb) - Good (2Mb)
Disc 1, Track 28 - Hey Ho, Nobody Home - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 30 - Good King Wenceslas - Best (478kb) - Good (2Mb)
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Disc 1, Track 32 - Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 34 - Ding Dong Merrily On High - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 36 - Rise Up, Shepherds, And Follow - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 38 - O Christmas Tree - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 40 - I Saw Three Ships - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 42 - Toyland - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 44 - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 46 - The Friendly Beasts - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 48 - What Child Is This? - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 50 - Up On The Housetop - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 52 - O Holy Night - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 54 - We Three Kings Of Orient Are - No audio samples available for this track
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Disc 1, Track 56 - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - No audio samples available for this track
Disc 1, Track 57 - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - No audio samples available for this track
Disc 1, Track 58 - The Coventry Carol - No audio samples available for this track
Disc 1, Track 59 - The Coventry Carol - No audio samples available for this track
Disc 1, Track 60 - Auld Lang Syne - No audio samples available for this track
Disc 1, Track 61 - Auld Lang Syne - No audio samples available for this track
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Publisher: "Christmas Favorites For Solo Guitar: Best-Loved Traditional Songs For Bluegrass Guitar" was published by Mel Bay Publications.
Type: Guitar Solo With Tablature
Category: Guitar Sheet Music
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