Jazz Guitar Shed: ‘Tis The Season After All
Jazz Guitar Shed: ‘Tis The Season After All
It’s that time of year again, so I thought I’d arrange a Christmas song for solo jazz guitar. I’ve put the arrangement together based on the melody and the chord changes above the conventional notation. The chords in-between the staves are the actual voicings used.
As you can see there are many substitutions used. For reasons of space, I’ll put up a more detailed explanation of the arrangement on my website (in the Resources section), together with an audio recording.
This is a relatively challenging arrangement, so work through it slowly, a few chords at a time. Get used to changing from one chord to the next, and gradually build up the whole arrangement. Make sure you can clearly hear the melody when you play it – its always at the top of each chord here.
Happy practising and until next time, have fun!
Dylan Kay is a professional guitarist and guitar teacher based in Auckland. He can be contacted through his website www.aucklandguitarschool.co.nz.
