Title says it all! I’ve purchased a few Christmas books and still can’t find what I’m looking for . Basically, somewhat difficult arrangements of Christmas songs for mandolin. I’ve taken to arranging some myself or trying to play arrangements from guitar. The ones I’ve found on guitar are moderately difficult and I’m sad to see nothing for mandolin seems to exist. Extra credit if you find arrangements for songs from this century!
My fav book so far is Christmas Carols for Mandolin by Jim Schustedt. There are even a few double stops in it! I recently picked up Mandolin Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas by Tommy Norris and it’s fun and exactly the type of arrangements I’m looking for. Except most folks don’t know most of the songs here (I certainly only knew a few). Mel Bay’s A Smokey Mountain Christmas for Mandolin by Steve Kaufman is quite fun as well yet I’m not a huge fan of bluegrass and many of the arrangements are so gussied up that I don’t hear the original songs shining through.
What say you cafe? To whom shall I award an 8 string laden peppermint latte?!
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