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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: This song is in a three-feel, so be sure to get into the swing of the rhythm before you dive in. There are three verses to the song, so the melody lin...

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Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Rhythm   This system of interpreting music has a very handy visual method of showing rhythms. All the chords are broken down into measures. Whe...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday

Excerpt: This part is for those of you Elves that have graduated primary school and are ready to move on to Elf college! Here it gets a little more tricky. Th...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: We start with "Carol Of The Bells". Heavily based on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra metal arrangement of the song, here we feel the uplifting effec...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Technically, you may find the position shifts need the most work in this section as the alternation between the chords and the octave figures require ...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Okay! For those of you Elves that have passed the previous example, it's time to advance to the level of Gnome! You should all be familiar with the s...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: The first thing to be aware of with this piece is the 3/4 time signature. Except for the very last part of the song, everything will remain in 3/4 tim...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Welcome to part one! The opening of this arrangement is very homophonic in nature, using a variety of inversions in block chord format. Take for inst...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Now comes the section where we begin playing the "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" theme. This section begins at a very soft volume and I'd suggest using...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Ahh, the Grinch, the furry little green devil of Christmas that just won't leave us alone! But, in the spirit of his genial personality and insanity, ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Merry Christmas everyone! I wrote this little piece after I heard an excellent song by Trans-siberian Orchestra. They did a medley where they mixed t...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Well that time of the year has crept out of nowhere on us all again. So let's get in the spirit of Christmas by taking a look at one of the most popul...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday

Excerpt: So after the bridge, we're right back to the main verse melody. Reference part one if you're having issues with that section of the tablature. I'll de...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Up next, the only "fully original" section of the medley; an arpeggio sequence used as a compositional segway. Ay 180BPM, 8th notes should be well wi...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Around this time of year, we begin hearing tons and tons of the traditional songs which serve as landmarks for the season. If you're like myself, thin...

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