In this Silent Night Guitar Arrangement video, I am going to help you to learn how to transpose the key to fit the guitar, find the chord shapes, then build a basic chord/melody arrangement of this fantastic Christmas carol. So that you can begin to compose your own version. This first video will give you the basic theory and practical knowledge you need to play a simple version of this festive tune.
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00:00 - How to Arrange a Christmas Carol - Silent Night Lesson 1
00:32 - Micro Study 1 - How to choose a key
00:56 - Transposing & finding a key
01:23 - Keys not chosen
02:33 - Why not just do it in C major?
02:51 - Micro Study 2 - melody line
02:58 - Finding the melody across the fretboard
03:30 - Already making choices based on tone
03:46 - Melodic high point
03:56 - Musical idea from original
04:04 - Micro Study 3 - Chords and harmony
04:16 - What is chord 1 4 5?
05:09 - Micro Study 4 - chord shapes for I IV V in A major
05:34 - Chord I - A major chord shapes
06:27 - Chord IV - D major chord shapes
07:11 - Chord V - E major chord shapes
08:07 - Micro Study 5 - build a simple chord/melody arrangement
09:00 - Micro Study 5 - how to basic chord melody arrangement
10:42 - Top tip: control your bass notes
The second HOW TO lesson with more advanced insights into the process of putting the music together is below:
• Silent Night Christmas...
if you missed the first HOW TO video with help on the melody, key choice, and chord shapes, check out the video below,
• How to Arrange a Chris...
The other arrangements are below -
Simple block chord arrangement:
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Simple Bass line arrangement:
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