Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas CM

dwdougherty · #1 07-12-2009, 02:51 PM

Below is a YouTube link for a really nice CM arrangement of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (yeah... I know: it's a bit early!). I need some help figuring out the chords and voicings that are being played between 00:00:38 and 00:00:46. Can anybody help?

YouTube - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Regards,

David

PaulD · #2 07-12-2009, 11:03 PM

I think this is what he's playing at between 00:38 and 00:46

Paul

dwdougherty · #3 07-13-2009, 10:04 PM

Paul;

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this for me.

Regards,

David

PaulD · #4 07-14-2009, 09:35 AM

No problem David. Hope it helps.

Paul

ilpunflax · #5 09-15-2009, 10:29 PM

That's pretty good.
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Derek_1022 · #6 11-29-2009, 08:51 PM

Man... I kinda fiddled around on this by ear and trying out notes and chords by watching him last week sometime. This is one difficult arrangement he came up with. But it's a terrific composition he came up with.

Jazzaluk · #7 11-29-2009, 10:23 PM

Nicely done David!!! Happy Holidays.

dwdougherty · #8 12-01-2009, 03:45 PM

I certainly cannot take credit for the video--it wasn't me! In fact, I'm still trying to figure this one out. Maybe some kind, learned, and bored soul on this message board will take pity on me (us?) and post a transcription (notation and tab).

/hint-nudge-wink-hint

JimBobWay · #9 12-22-2009, 04:07 PM

The video is much more complex but this is a nice baseline for building your own version. Hope it helps.
http://www.acousticfingerstyle.com/T...eChristmas.pdf

GtrMack · #10 02-13-2010, 09:32 AM

Thanks for the link - really tasteful arrangement. Yea, jazzguitarken really nailed that video. By the way tonedr does a very similar version ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjpZ4G0x40").

Anyway, I just had to learn it. Here's the transcription

(pdf and midi). I'm sure there are a few mistakes, and the timing isn't perfect on some of the transitions with the lines. There are a coupla alterations I took the liberty to make. Other than that, I think you will find it pretty complete.

Enjoy!
Marc

jonathansj · #11 10-11-2010, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GtrMack

Thanks for the link - really tasteful arrangement. Yea, jazzguitarken really nailed that video. By the way tonedr does a very similar version ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjpZ4G0x40").

Anyway, I just had to learn it. Here's the transcription

(pdf and midi). I'm sure there are a few mistakes, and the timing isn't perfect on some of the transitions with the lines. There are a coupla alterations I took the liberty to make. Other than that, I think you will find it pretty complete.

Enjoy!
Marc

Marc, Thank you sooooo much!!!

elrond · #12 10-11-2010, 12:38 PM

Awesome, I had been watching this thread too! beautiful version.
thankyou Marc

Dookychase · #13 10-11-2010, 01:44 PM

I think Rich Severson at guitarcollege.com had it in tab on his website. Free download.

This was sometime back when I downloaded it. You might want to check see if its still there.

M-ster · #14 11-10-2010, 04:09 PM

dw and Dooky motivated me to do this (it's your fault). Not phenomenal, but here you go:
http://www.miwi-music.com/MusicAndMe...rself%2000.mp3

Strictly for discussion and educational purposes ...

JohnW400 · #15 11-10-2010, 04:32 PM

Nice job. I like your voicings.

pierre richard · #16 11-10-2010, 05:02 PM

A great tune...been playing it for years and is well liked by everyone who hears it..

my arrangement is somewhat like this...

Kenny Burrell version on Have Yourself A merry Christmas is just great..

time on the instrument man...pierre

PaulD · #17 11-10-2010, 08:36 PM

Really nice job M-ster! Nice sound, great voicings, well played and clever ending!! Liked it very much.

Paul

wizard3739 · #18 11-10-2010, 10:51 PM

Vey nice arrangement, M-ster! Good voicings, nice tone and very well presented. I enjoyed it very much. More please!

wiz

M-ster · #19 11-11-2010, 02:02 AM

Thank you very much, Mssrs. Paul & Wizard.

Lest I lose my humility, right after I completed the .mp3, I followed a link from the Sadowsky site and heard Leonardo Amuedo playing this:

YouTube - Leonardo Amuedo playing with SADOWSKY Semi Hollow guitar and APOGEE DUET audio interface.

How depressing! Now *that's* the sound! I'm cumbersome and clumsy by comparison ...

Thanks for noticing the ending, Paul. I figured that would be a gauge to tell who listened all the way through. Although, the intro and vamp out have nothing to do with the song or with Christmas!

Reg · #20 11-11-2010, 02:50 PM

Very cool M-ster... much more interesting harmonically... be nice to hear things ring a little more... or not great post... Best Reg

M-ster · #21 11-11-2010, 06:12 PM

Yes, good observation, Reg. It's very vertical ... chord, chord, chord, chord. I think that's partly why I went to the 3-part stuff on the bridge. But, you're right ...

Judy Garland's original is a nice reference point:
YouTube - Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Ran across this James Taylor version, too. One interesting sub in here, I thought:
YouTube - James Taylor - Have yourself a Merry little Christmas

Reg · #22 11-12-2010, 10:43 AM

Hey M-ster... I dug you arrangement...You sound like great player, just sort of sounded out...
Judy...wow... the good old days were good. Taylor's version was cool, I ,VI- ,IV-, bVII7, instead of I VI II V , sounds like old Lorber fusion groove. Best Reg

jayv999 · #23 11-12-2010, 03:50 PM

Check out Ted Greene playing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas on Youtube:
YouTube - Ted Greene - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Video
Also, go to the TedGreene.com website to find Ted's lesson sheet for playing this arrangement. Go to the "Tunes" section, and also to the "From Students" section for a notated version of it.
--Jay

M-ster · #24 11-13-2010, 12:05 AM

Very cool vid', jayv (um, after you get past the first 2.5 minutes and the playing begins

)!

Is it me, or does he have the guitar tuned down a step? Looks like he's in Eb, but sounds in Db. Interesting choice of keys. I believe JG is in G in the original, and I played it in C to move the melody higher ...

Ha! And, even better - the versions on the Ted Greene site are in A. Beautiful! Nice stuff in Ted's arrangements!

tonyknight · #25 11-15-2010, 05:02 AM

Thanks for the Ted Greene reference, Jayv - there's an amazing amount of stuff there. More than I'll be able to use for the next few years anyway!

RunningBeagle · #26 11-20-2010, 01:43 PM

Here's my take on this tune. Hope you like!

YouTube Video

steev · #27 11-20-2010, 05:37 PM

Hi RunningBeagle,
that was absolutely beautiful and Merry Xmas to you.

RunningBeagle · #28 11-20-2010, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steev

Hi RunningBeagle,
that was absolutely beautiful and Merry Xmas to you.

Thanks! You too.

Added made some charts if anyone's interested.

flapane · #29 04-11-2011, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GtrMack

Thanks for the link - really tasteful arrangement. Yea, jazzguitarken really nailed that video. By the way tonedr does a very similar version ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjpZ4G0x40").

Thanks a lot Marc, I've been searching for a tab of the jazzguitartaken video since a couple of years. I've never managed to get *THAT* tune.
Just a note: your sheet seems to be 2 semitones lower than the video.
Oh, a suggestion on the "a": Have yourself a merry [...]
You play xxxx8, I usually prefer xx5668, it gives a jazzy feeling.
--
M-ster, what a great performance!