History:

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" was written by Johnny Marks in 1962. The song was re-recorded by Burls Ives and released in 1964 as a single and later featured the following year in his 1965 holiday album, Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. It features an acoustic guitar solo introduction; it is this version that has since become the more commonly heard rendition on radio. It is also the version this guitar arrangement is based on.

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The arrangement presented in this edition is for solo guitar in Fingerstyle/Classical guitar style. The score remains extremely faithful to the original melody but with some pleasant additions such as a fun little jazz ending twist, an inspired blues lick (based on Burls Ives' famous recording) opening and closing the piece. The arrangement is as idiomatic as can be for the guitar. No details have been left out and the score is made with lots of care.

This piece is a perfect choice for early intermediate and intermediate guitarists, and especially for students that are playing in a Christmas recital. The score includes Notation, Notation & Tablature and Chords!

? Great Versatility : Notation, Tablature and Chords included!

? Faithful to Burls Ives' famous recording of the piece, but with added

? This version is arranged for a "Fingerstyle/Classical" type of playing!

? Features two sections where the melody is in a bass for more variety and contrast!

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This arrangement is taken from Linda Ronstadt's 1977 recording. It includes all verses and choruses, the pedal steel solo and all harmonies as they appeared on the recording. Be sure to palm mute the basses! Capo 2 if you'd like to play it in Linda Ronstadt's key.

Please check out my Christmas arrangements (see link below): The Holly and the Ivy, The Carol of the Bells (Ukrainian Carol), In the Bleak Mid Winter, Gesu Bambino, See Amid the Winter's Snow, Little Saint Nick, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella, Hear We Come a'Wassailing, Ding Dong Merrily on High, While By My Sheep, and more to come.

ISBN 9781619119567.

Ideal for the intermediate-level guitarist, these 17 traditional tunes from the UK plus one from France are arranged to be played with your electric guitar plugged-in. The transformation that occurs in switching from acoustic to electric instruments adds an unmistakable Celtic rock element to the authoras companion recording. The tunes are all played twice through on the recording and transcribed note-for-note in the book. The recording features backup from both electric bass and a second electric guitar, often played with a slide and a little adirta thrown into the mix. Skillful bodhran and djembe playing on many of the tracks adds to the dynamic nature of the recording. Many of these tunes can be played in lower positions but a few venture as high as the 14th fret. Playing one note at a time within a narrow range, if you donat read particularly well now, working through these tunes will help you improve and gain confidence as a sight reader. Written in standard notation and guitar tablature. Includes access to online audio.