I just recycle the same holiday tunes year after year.
The same applies to other holidays.
Every once in a while I may learn a new one and if so, there is no set time to do so as long as it's done before December.
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Well, since I started this thread, I've pretty much stuck to one song, "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas" done in the style that dogbite showed us with his link earlier. I should be able to do by memory soon. I've kicked the tires on a few others. A couple more I remember from fiddling eith them at the last minute last year.
So, I think I'll work on a very short list for next year and get them ingrained to my brain cells enough so that I can add a couple a year like you guys.
So, my list going into next November will be:
- "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" (strummy version)
- "Happy Christmas" (strummy version) by John Lennon )Turns out I had played this some last year. It came right to me when I stumbled upon it and gave 'er a whirl)
- "What Child Is This" - This is only so I can do the parody as done by Isaac Hayes cartoon character, Chef, before he left the show.
- "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
- "Let It Snow"
- "Have Yourself A Very Mary Christmas"
Nothing too daunting. Come halloweeen, I'll either be breaking these out for massive practicing or I'll have already known these inside and out and will select 2-3 more. They'll probably jump out at me from the GN site holiday song section. (thanks folks!)
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin