Seasons greetings everyone! The holidays are here and for that I thought I'd show you a simple but beautiful version of Silent Night. We're putting the guitar into drop D** and really letting the resonance of the guitar do most of the work for us. Resonance really is the keyword here; you want the richness and sustain of the low notes to underpin the plain melodic motion of the song. Together they create a real synergy that is simple and beautiful. I hope you have fun with this one!
Happy holidays!
Chris
**low E string tuned down to D, the rest of the strings stay at standard pitch; D A D G B E
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
standards
Print Chords & Tab
Drop D Tuning ( D A D G B E )
Loop 0:00 Run-Through of Silent Night Melody
Loop 2:14 Introduction to Lesson and Drop D Tuning
Loop 4:19 Tony Rice Style Right Hand
Loop 5:30 Breakdown of Melody
Loop 16:47 Closing Thoughts
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Thanks Chris - that is a lovely version
Merry Christmas to you and your family and thank you for all the awesome lessons this year.
A bit self-conscious to put up a video at this stage but they have helped me immensly and I look forward to more in 2017
Cheers
Dave
Thank you Chris - very lovely.
Merry Christmas to you and yours and to everyone at Sonic Junction. I've learned so much this past year and look forward to next year.
Kip
Merry Christmas to you as well! Thanks for all you contribute to the community here!
Merry Christmas to all you out there in Sonic Junction land
Darren, this is a beautiful version! I love all of your embellishments and substitutions. It'a been a real pleasure having you here - you are a great player! Looking forward to more next year!
Beautiful Chris --- I'm looking forward to learning this one.