Chord Melody

Get a complete arrangement for solo guitar for this tune! Every chord melody in our Standards series is written with interesting themes and vocabulary in mind. Learn the arrangement, then arrange your own chord melodies on different tunes using similar techniques!

This tune’s chord melody s with a completely rubato arrangement of the head in the lower register of the guitar, followed by a gorgeous reharmonization of the melody in a higher register along with a backing track.

Comping Study

You’ll also get a comping (short for “accompaniment”) study based off the chord progression for this tune. Each comping study centers around a specific theme, technique, or piece of comping vocabulary. Explore every possibility, and then take them into your own playing on other tunes!

The comping study for “Silent Night” centres on common but lush-sounding chords. Rhythms are simple and revolve around an easy-going comping approach to playing in 3/4 time signature.

Single-Note Solo

Want a real example of how to solo on this standard? We have a fully-transcribed single-note solo arrangement for each Standard tune centred on expanding upon a piece of jazz vocabulary or a transcription from a real jazz legend. Play the solo in full, then steal your favourite lines and assimilate them into your own improv vocabulary!

For this solo, we offer you multiple approaches for playing through the changes: a “horizontal” approach (scales-based), and a “vertical” approach (arpeggios-based). Rather than writing a full solo this time, we’re giving you some bare-bones ideas for how to solo, and then some examples on what that sounds like. Pick your favourite lines and go ham with them!

What do I get with this course?

Our Standards courses come jam-packed with material designed to help you learn tunes and their intricacies. All of the above comes with:

• Soundslice integration for every video – this amazing tool allows you to hear the demonstration while reading along with synchronized sheet music…and you control the action! Speed it up, slow it down, or even loop sections of what you’re playing to make it even easier to learn!
• Complete video instructionfor each arrangement, and any relevant backing tracks;
• Fully fleshed-out sheet music with TABs for each arrangement, as well as a simple lead sheet for the song – just melody and chords!
• XML file copies for all sheet music, so that you can plug them directly into Finale or Sibelius and hear what you’re seeing;
• and Backing track MP3 files for relevant arrangements.

And remember: sheet music PDFs, XML files, and backing track audio files are downloadable for you to keep forever.

Whether you’ve been playing on Silent Night for a while and want to kick things into the next gear or if you’re just ing to learn it, this course is the perfect place to practice on this timeless classic.

Your Instructor

• How to Use This Course – Introduction (3:25)
• Chord Melody Introduction (3:37)
• Chord Melody – Rubato then with Backing Track
• Comping Introduction (2:14)
• Comping – with Backing Track
• Soloing Using arpeggios Introduction (1:40)
• Soloing – using arpeggios
• Soloing using scales Introduction (2:14)
• Soloing – using scales
• Soloing All out Introduction (2:03)
• Soloing – All out (1:41)