Description

Just for Fun: Christmas Guitar features more than 40 timeless Christmas songs. Most of the pieces in the book include three different arrangements: the melody presented in both standard notation and TAB, a simplified rhythm option with an easy strum pattern and chords, and an intermediate-level rhythm option that is fully notated in both standard notation and TAB. The intermediate rhythm option frequently integrates the complete melody along with chords, making it ideal not only for accompanying a vocalist but also for solo performances for friends, family, and recitals. Additionally, there is a guitar chord dictionary located at the end of the book. Furthermore, this book is aligned with the corresponding editions for ukulele, mandolin, and banjo, allowing for family Christmas jam sessions and sing-alongs.

Songs / Content

• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy [Op. 71a, No. 3]Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer)
• The Twelve Days of ChristmasTraditional (source)
• We Three Kings of Orient AreChristmas Traditional (source)
• God Rest Ye Merry, GentlemenTraditional (source)
• Away in a MangerJohn R. Murray (contributor)
• O Christmas TreeTraditional (source)
• Up on the HousetopChristmas Traditional (source)
• It Came Upon the Midnight ClearRichard S. Willis (contributor); Edmund H. Sears (lyricist)
• Jingle BellsJames Pierpont (contributor)
• Silent NightFranz Grüber (contributor)
• Joy to the WorldGeorge Frederic Handel (composer); Isaac Watts (lyricist)
• What Child Is This?William Chatterton Dix (lyricist); Traditional (source)
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas DayJ. Baptiste Calkin (contributor); Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (lyricist)
• We Wish You a Merry ChristmasTraditional (source)
• O Come, All Ye FaithfulTraditional (source)
• I Saw Three ShipsTraditional (source)
• A Child This Day Is BornTraditional (source)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasRalph Blane (composer); Hugh Martin (lyricist)
• Deck the HallsTraditional (source)
• The Holly and the Ivy
• Auld Lang Syne
• Carol of the Birds
• Simple Gifts
• The First Noel
• Holy Night, Peaceful Night
• O Little Town of Bethlehem
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
• In the Bleak Midwinter
• Carol of the Bells
• Good King Wenceslaus
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
• March of the Toys (from "Babes in Toyland")
• Go Tell It on the Mountain
• Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Pat-A-Pan (Burgundian)
• O Holy Night
• Here We Come A-Caroling (The Wassail Song)
• Coventry Carol