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    Default Holiday tunes to pick

    Sleigh Ride - trying to catch some of the very hip lines played by Aubrey and Richard Kriehn on Butch's Gifts.

    Nilent Sight - Frank's quirky moves, like throwing in a dim chord and an E chord.

    Silver Bells - good for tremble.

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    Hey Alan,
    I'm intrigued and would like to hear your interpretations. Did you mean to post sound clips?
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlanN View Post
    Sleigh Ride - trying to catch some of the very hip lines played by Aubrey and Richard Kriehn on Butch's Gifts.
    That is probably my all time favorite Christmas mandolin tune. Just beautiful.
    The NME's Gifts gets lots of playing time around the house during the holiday season. I picked it up for $4.99 at a used cd store a few years back. Talk about a nice find!

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    How about some alternative Christmas carols? I love to play Childgrove, which sounds like it ought to be a default Christmas song because of its old English chord structure, much in the same vein as Greensleeves. Let's also add The Rosebud of Allenvale for the same reason.
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    That is probably my all time favorite Christmas mandolin tune. Just beautiful.

    It is terrific. 3 mandolin solos, sandwiched around a fat clarinet solo...hey, there's your clarinet/mando thing going on

    The mando solos are:

    Melody: Fred Carpenter
    1st take off: Aubrey Haynie
    2nd take off: Richard Kriehn

    I hear Charlie Parker, Bill Monroe and Slash, all rolled into one well-played seasonal chestnut

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    Just posted a killer version of "Christmas Time is Here" recently recorded by Oklahoma Hall of Fame Fiddler Shelby Eicher on jazz mandola, who frequents the Cafe regularly. Audio file is here.

    Background information on Shelby and TAB in this week's Tips & Tricks at JazzMando.
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    I'm slowly trying to figure out by ear (i.e., haven't found tab or looked hard for free sheet music) My Favorite Things. Other than that God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Jazzy style), Angels we have heard on high, some Lenten tunes from my Hymnal.

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    Howdy:

    Here's my chord melody arrangement of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
    Let me know what you think.

    Thanks
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Have Yourself Merry Christmas Chord Melody Mando.pdf  

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    "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock" are fun on the mando.

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    Last night on WUNC Back Porch music, heard another mando version of Sleigh Ride, this one from Sam Bush with Darell Scott and Victor Kraus on bass. Pretty dang good.

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    14 Strings: Neat tune and nice arrangement! Good chords, the melody is all there, and it's easy to read. To pick a few nits: at the end of bar 5 I would suggest 9-10-10-12 instead of 10-10-10-12. Bar 33 seems a little strange; maybe try 5375 (F maj7) instead of 3355 (Bb maj7). It would be nice to get a chord in under the high E in bar 34. Maybe 10-0-0-12 (Dm add9). You should record this and let us hear it.

    Another jazzy one is Mel Tormé's "Christmas Song". I've posted my own version on Youtube:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjN7QGT3fD8

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    Bruce,
    Thanks for posting your youtube that was really a beautiful arrangement.Greatly appreciated.
    happy holidays

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    How about I'm getting nutting for christmas Sign of the times Maybe we shoud start another WAR
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted Eschliman View Post
    Just posted a killer version of "Christmas Time is Here" recently recorded by Oklahoma Hall of Fame Fiddler Shelby Eicher on jazz mandola, who frequents the Cafe regularly. Audio file is here.

    Background information on Shelby and TAB in this week's Tips & Tricks at JazzMando.
    Many many thanks for this Ted! That's an awsome arangement. I'm working my way through it now, maybe I'll have it down for next xmas!

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    Bruce:

    Thanks for your great suggestions; much appreciated. I've been meaning to get a YouTube up but alas another season has passed me by. Hopefully next year.

    I liked your "Chestnuts Roasting on a Mando" as well as your other YouTube's.
    Great arrangements and playing.

    Maybe I can work up your "White Christmas" for next year! I noticed you too had the obligatory Jingle Bells tag at the end

    Also enjoyed the "Christmas Time is Coming" that Ted posted.

    Have a Merry everyone!

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    Alvin and the Chipmunks version of Christmas Time is Here came to mind. ..

    It works like that..
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