Like I said yesterday, the chain of events that resulted in yesterday’s holiday video extravaganza all started innocently enough with a little request for a clawhammer arrangement of “Carol of the Bells”.
With that now out of my system (much to my future teenage daughter’s embarrassment), it’s time to get back to the business of Tune of the Week.
As is the case with several of the holiday classics, this tune offers us an opportunity to play out of G minor tuning. All that’s required to get there from standard G is just to tune the 2nd string down a half step to B flat. And it gives us a chance to get some reps in playing in 3/4 time signature.
I’ve made some slight modifications to the structure of the song in order to make it a bit more suitable as a solo banjo arrangement.
Carol of the Bells
gDGBbD tuning, Brainjo level 3
Notes on the tab:
Notes in parentheses are “skip” notes. To learn more about these, check out my video lesson on the subject.
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Linda Beck says
December 26, 2015 at 11:18 pmVery nice!! Thanks!!
AJ Hocking says
December 26, 2015 at 11:33 pmYour vid was pretty cool, but I like the single better, Thanks!
Happy Holidays!
AJ
Josh says
December 27, 2015 at 1:50 pmThanks, AJ!
Josh says
December 27, 2015 at 1:50 pmYou bet, Linda!
luby's coupons says
March 22, 2017 at 9:04 amTakk for besøket i bloggen min 🙂 Veldig kjekt Ã¥ sjÃ¥ at “fremmede” òg finn veien inn 😉 Ja, dei firkant-tøflene er eit mysterium *ler* Men sÃ¥ enkelt nÃ¥r ein har knekt koden 😉 God pÃ¥ske til deg òg.
Dave says
December 27, 2015 at 2:38 pmVery nice tune. Will definitely learn it for next year.
Sandy C. says
December 28, 2015 at 12:02 amThanks for the beautiful song. I closed my eyes as I listened and could see
snowflakes flying through a winter sky.
Snow scenes from “The Snowman”.
Josh says
December 29, 2015 at 6:07 pmThanks, Sandy – you’re most welcome!
cal whitaker says
December 29, 2015 at 11:44 pmJosh ,do you have a slow version of this busy christmas song.(you play well)
dave wallace says
November 18, 2017 at 1:06 pmGreat arrangement. So would this be considered played in the key of Bflat?
Josh says
November 18, 2017 at 10:51 pmThanks, Dave! It would be considered the key of G Minor.