Christmas Favorites for Solo Guitar

Learn great flatpicking solos on 30 wonderful Christmas and Holiday tunes! Aimed at beginning and intermediate guitarists, this collection of traditional Holiday favorites will be a great addition to any guitarist's repertoire. Most solos use the basic bluegrass/folk “bass note/strum” technique with melodies integrated into known chord patterns. Others feature “the arpeggio strum,” a beautiful chord melody technique. Explore transposing solos from one key to another, changing and mixing meter (3/4 to 4/4), soloing in more than one octave, playing a solo with others as a round, and more! Sing and play all your favorite carols and Christmas songs in the flatpicking/bluegrassstyle. Included audio CD has all solos played at slow and regular speeds. Standard notation and tablature. • Learn great flatpicking solos on 30 wonderful Christmas and Holiday tunes! • For beginning and intermediate guitarists • Use the basic “bass note/strum” technique • Melodies integrated into known chord patterns • Learn “the arpeggio strum,” a beautiful chord melody technique • Practice transposing solos from one key to another • Practice changing and mixing meter (3/4 to 4/4) • Learn soloing in more than one octave • Playing a solo with others as a round • Sing and play all your favorite carols and Christmas songs • A great addition to any guitarist's repertoire