Have your self a merry little christmas

[Perry]

Howdy

Not sure if the best place to post this. I put this little chord melody arrangement together over the last few days. Need to come up with something for the second half of the tune still. Still working on how to get my chord voicings as lush as Jethro's. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

BTW can anyone recommend a free mando TAB program to do soemthing like this? I have Finale but it's not the easiest program.

If you are new to chord melody playing give this a try it's fairly easy to play. The top note of each chord is the melody. The last three chords shown is the start of the second section "Here we are"

Any suggestions for improvement is appreciated.

[swinginmandolins]

Perry,
I did a chord solo version of this tune a few years ago. It's at Mandolin Christmas (http://www.soundclick.com/terrymlewis)
It's a simple arrangement, but the melody standing out is the most important aspect to me. I wish I could be more helpful, but maybe my version will inspire you:)

[Bruce Clausen]

Nice. #I wonder about the third chord-- should the lowest note be 4 not 2? #Or maybe 2233? # Also, is this for solo use, or use with a guitar or bass? #I've never played this on mando (and don't have an instrument here to try it on), but I might start like this:

1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 1 # # 2 # # 3 # 4 # 1 #2 # 3 # 4 # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 1

# # 0 # 3 # #8 # 3 1 0 # # # # # # # # 0 # 3 # 8 # 3 # # # 3 # # # 0 # # # #etc.
3 # 2 # 3 # #7 # 0 # # # 5# 3 # 5 # 3 # # # #3 # # # #3 # # # #4 # # ##5
# # # # #7 # #5 # 3 # # # # # 0 # 3 # 2 # # # #2 # # # #3 # # # #3 # # # 2
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 1 # 4 # 5 # # # #2 # # # #7 #5 # #4 #0 # 5

In fact, this is as far as I can remember the tune. #(I need to spend more time in malls.)

BC

(Sorry this lines up so badly-- it looks fine on the edit screen. #Good luck making sense out of it.)

[Perry]

Terry: I'll have to give that a listen. I've purposely removed my computer speakers so I'm not tempted to YouTube all day. Now I gotta hook 'em back up http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Bruce:

Yes you are right, typo, that third chord should be 2233.

Can you type your chord sequence horizontally?
like mine would be:

253x
577x
2233
9778
etc...


Thanks
Perry

[Bruce Clausen]

Perry- Good idea, especially as I see a mistake now. Try this:

1 xx3x
2 xx20
3 x733
4 x578

1 x303
x--1 (hold chord)
2 x--0
xx5x
3 103x (or 203x)
4 435x

1 523x
2 ---0 (hold chord)
3 2233
4 xxx8

1 7333
2 5--- (hold chord)
3 4343 (or 4353)
4 0--- (hold chord)

1 5250 (or 5230)
2 ---3 (hold chord) (xx23)
3 x778
4 x--12 (that's XII, hold chord)

etc. Alternates at right is a little straighter harmony.

BC

[Perry]

Bruce

I especially like the

103X to 435x
and the 7333 is nice too

Gonna look at is some more when the kids go to sleep

Thanks!
Perry

[Rick Jones]

Just found this thread, and I really like this arrangement - lovely version of a lovely tune. Thanks for posting it! Please feel free to post the bridge once you've got it figured out http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif.

I'll take a look tomorrow, and if by some freak chance I can make progess on it, I promise to reciprocate.

[Perry]

Rick glad you liked it. Here's the second part of the tune that starts with the lyric "here we are in golden days".

[Perry]

oops here's the image