• From: buxton
  • Registered: 2006-05-19
  • Posts: 19

Topic: tis the season to help a newbie

hello all. havnt been playing that long and am looking to impress my lovely lady on these cosy festive nights with some christmas tunes on the guitar. Problem is ive just looked at some of my favorites and there all that complicated i dont think i could even master them by christmas next year. So if anybody knows any christmas songs that are either 3 chords or just reasonably simple then please let me know and i'll get you on santas nice list !!!!


cheers

all you need in life are shoes and a guitar
  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Re: tis the season to help a newbie

Merry Christmas noise!  I don't know what your lovely lady's musical preferences might be, but you can never go wrong with a beautiful lullaby.  So, try "Silent Night" because it uses only 3 chords.  Plus the melodic line is truly lovely.


See the Christmas Songbook section and look for my posting there - 'Christmas Carols".  There is a correct and complete version of the song in there.  Hope you (and your lovely lady) have a deeply gratifying holiday experience.

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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  • Registered: 2006-11-24
  • Posts: 29

Re: tis the season to help a newbie

HI,


I was looking at christmas songs to sing in church for a performance and alot of what I was looking at (traditional) LOOKS complicated but most isn't really.


If you see something you fancy playing just try and transpose it to an easier key and then use a capo to bring it to your pitch of voice if you need to. Transposing is easy and will let you know how if you like.


As for songs, Silent night, as suggested is a good one also the Elvis Presley version of White Christmas is pretty cool if you can sing it that way and its only 3 chords! (look in my song book on here).


Adios


Shaun

  • From: Cardiff
  • Registered: 2006-04-26
  • Posts: 66

Re: tis the season to help a newbie

Afternoon!


I learnt Silent Night a couple of weeks ago, but it was a really nice arpeggio version.  The link to the guitar lesson that i followed is below.  It looks pretty complicated at first, but stick with it and it soon makes sense and it sounds lovely too.  I reckon with maybe an hour or so per night, you should have it licked within a week or so!  Plenty of time to sit your missus down in front of the fire and woo her with your christmas romanticism!! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_twisted.gif" border=0 alt="Twisted Evil">  lol!


<a href="http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=91" target="_blank">http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=91</a>


Anyone else had a go at this one?  What do you think?


Have fun!

A.S.

  • From: Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 1,359

Re: tis the season to help a newbie

Strongly recomend looking at James' Christmas Carol book. I've used it for a few and it's great.

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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  • From: Pico Rivera, Calif. U.S.A.
  • Registered: 2006-10-26
  • Posts: 785

Re: tis the season to help a newbie

Write one, incorporate what you feel about your lady and the christmas season, express the love you feel for her. Do it with the chords and melodies you already know. It may not be a chart topper but she'll probley blow your top. (no sexual induendo entended).  She'll see how much you really love her, enough to write a song for and about her.


Gool luck!

Bootleger