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Top 35 Easy Christmas Guitar Songs

December 9, 2015 By Klaus Crow 12 Comments

Last Updated on December 6, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Christmas time, I love it! I am a sucker for romance, christmas lights and feel good songs. It’s a time where I teach my guitar students the joy of playing and singing christmas songs. Two for the price of one.

We all have our favorites and it’s funny to see those old christmas songs appearing in new jackets over and over again. A great way to inspire a new generation with the real classics. Sometimes I really enjoy a new version, but I keep coming back to those warm beautiful voices of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Yet I hope new christmas songs will be written every year and that the best of those songs will become classics again.

Easy Christmas Guitar Songs

In the meantime there are a zillion songs you can enjoy. I created a top 35 to get you started and keep you busy during the holidays. Grab your guitar, start playing and building your Christmas repertoire!

Click the song title to listen to the song on Youtube. Click “Chords” (next to the artists name) for the chords & lyrics to the song and “Tabs” for the tablature.

Enjoy!

2 Beautiful Blues Licks for Beginners and Intermediate

July 26, 2022 By Klaus Crow Leave a Comment

Last Updated on July 28, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Hi folks, I hope you have a beautiful summer! It’s a great time to play guitar in the backyard, on the beach or on vacation. There’s always a time and place to practice.

Today we’re going to learn two beautiful blues licks in the key of A and in the key of E that are both suitable for beginners and intermediate. You can see blues licks as the words and sentences that make up your story line. By learning blues licks you create the skills and vocabulary for your soloing and improvisation. Let’s learn some blues language!

2 Beautiful Blues Licks for Beginners and Intermediate

We start with a blues lick in the key of A with the first couple of notes from the A minor pentatonic scale position 2 (D-shape) and the last 6 notes from position 1 (E-shape). We also added the major 3rd to give you that overall happy blues sound.

The second blues lick is in the key of E starting with notes derived the E minor pentatonic scale position 4 (A-shape) and then rolls down to position 3 (C-shape), then goes back using the same notes from position 4 (A-shape) and then goes higher up the fretboard to position 5 (G-shape).

2 beautiful blues licks for beginners and intermediate TABS

If you want to learn more about licks, scales and positions / shapes, soloing and improvisation check out 50CoolBluesLicks.com

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How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar

July 16, 2022 By Klaus Crow 2 Comments

Last Updated on July 28, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Lately I’ve been posting chord melody ideas with easy chords and progressions and the feedback is really positive, so I created another one for you today. This one is an uptempo feel good chord melody with some “Brown eyed girl” and “Lean on me” feel and influences, that really gets you in the summer time vibes.

Video Lesson

How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar

We’re going to match the chords C, F and G with some nice 3rd intervals creating a melody that fits perfectly right with the chords and chord progression.

The key thing to learn here is to know the intervals match the chords so you can always play these intervals next time when you’re playing the chords in different progression or song to spice things up whenever you feel like it.

Enjoy!

TABS

Kickass Elegant Blues Lick in the Key of E

July 6, 2022 By Klaus Crow Leave a Comment

Last Updated on July 6, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Blues licks are small creative ideas, components and tools for blues soloing and improvisation. They give you the inspiration you need and teach you the skills to develop beautiful melodic and great solos, so today we deliver with a Kickass Elegant Blues Lick.

Video lesson

Kickass Elegant Blues Lick in the Key of E

This Kickass elegant blues lick can be played over a blues shuffle or blues progression in the key of E. The notes are all derived from the blues scale and we end the lick with an E7 and E6/9 chord to give it that elegant finishing touch.

This is a great lick to memorize and ad to your soloing vocabulary so you can grab it out of your pocket whenever you need it to give your playing that extra touch.

Enjoy!

Tablature

If you want to learn more kickass blues licks and really want to learn to solo and improvise with the blues scale around the entire fretboard check out 50CoolBluesLicks.com

How to Play Beautiful Chords and Melody

June 29, 2022 By Klaus Crow 2 Comments

Last Updated on June 29, 2022 by Klaus Crow

The combination of playing chords and melody is a popular method to get a beautiful sound from your guitar. That’s why I created a series of these chord melody tunes. This one is a really beauty with lots a different embellishments and guitar techniques.

How to Play Beautiful Chords and Melody

For this chord melody we start the song in Am. The chords for this tune are Am – G (add9) – F – D – Dsus2 – Dm – Gsus4 and C. For the right hand we use the picking technique, where you always play with your pick in the direction of the next following note (I explain this in the video lesson).

You can also play the tune using the fingerpicking method with the thumb for the Low E – A and D string, the index finger for the G-string, the middle finger for the B-string and the ring finger for the high e-string.

This is a beautiful chord melody to practice, memorize and keep practicing to become part of your guitar repertoire.

Enjoy to the fullest!

If you want more of this check out:
Mix Chords, Licks & Melody
Combine Chords and Melody | G – C – D |
Chord Melody Guitar | C – F – G – Am – Dm |