Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to share a recording that  I made several years back of a solo guitar arrangement of "The Christmas Song" 
It's always been one of my favorite Christmas tunes, and it makes a great solo guitar piece.

Here is a link to the stream:
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=4784588

Thanks for listening  -- Jim 

 Very Very nice!

yep.... I agree.... I like this kind of playing.... I tell myself.... maybe one day I will start on learning to play like that, but there are so many other things to do..... so for now.... I am content to listen to your skills on this tune.

Well done. 

Nice arrangement! I love chord melody. Great playing and those chords! Marvelous!!! Thanks for posting this!!!!

You'd make Chet jealous.

Thanks so much for the nice comments everyone!
I can't take credit for this arrangement.  I learned it from my guitar instructor from my younger years, my only addition to the arrangement is the Jingle Bells ending but the rest of it is his.   I really like the harmony in these chord changes through the whole tune.  I dust off this song every year and re-learn it for the holidays because I like it so much.   I've tried to arrange a new Christmas tune every year if I can. 

--Jim 

Very good... great touch & tone... lovely arrangement & performance... tell me about that cool Telecaster...

notnat


Very good... great touch & tone... lovely arrangement & performance... tell me about that cool Telecaster...

Thanks notnat!
I bought that Telecaster style guitar from a company based in Austin, Tx. called Textone guitars.  http://textoneguitars.com/  I found them at a guitar show and loved the sound of their guitars so much  I bought one.  That Tele has a chambered body and TV Jones Filtertrons (with a Bigsby) so it sounds very Gretsch like, but feels more like a standard Tele.  I use that guitar with a group that I currently play with that does a lot of 50s/60s music.  Great for surf, country, rockabilly, etc.  

I have a 6120 with some TVJs... love 'em...

Lovely recording.  Your guitar instructor taught you well.