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FRETBOARD LESS TRAVELED A FINGERSTYLE CHRISTMAS CLASSIC Rich Severson  Christmas is near, and there’s no better time to learn a fingerstyle O Little Town Of Bethlehlm Aº A6 1 guitar piece. If you’re like me, I E¨º played guitar for years without B‹7 Eº 7fr 7fr ###4 œ & 4 A6 arranged by Rich Severson 7fr really learning the melody of a 5fr 9fr 11fr song and the chords combined œ œ œ œ n œ œ # œ œ n œœ b œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ b œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ bœ together. If someone asked me to play something I’d play a rock riff or strum the chords to a song minus the vocal, not very entertaining or 2 impressive. Mastering a fingerstyle 9 9 ⁄ 9 8 7 9 7 9 7 9 8 7 12 7 12 10 7 9 7 11 7 tune finally gave me a cohesive, 7 11 9 7 10 7 11 5 entertaining piece that I could play 6 for others, plus it improved my playing. When I started to learn more fingerstyle arrangements it opened a whole new world of E7 A 5fr 5fr 3 ⁄ 4 5 4 7 9 5 5 6 9 5 5 7 6 5 11fr œ œ œ œ œœ # œ n œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 9 9 9 9 9 14 7 7 9 7 11 13 7 A 7fr 9fr œ œ ### œ œœ œ œœ œ œ œ & œ 6 12 10 10 11 7 10 7 11 9 7 9 ability to weave melody within my chord playing, and gave me ideas for creating my own arrangements. 7 11 it and play it for them this holiday 11 season and see their reaction. I’m 12 14 sure you’ll be encouraged to learn B‹ 9fr new chord voicings, increased my family and friends will enjoy. Learn 12 7 B‹7 hand picking technique, taught me Here’s a Christmas classic that your 7 9 7 B‹11 ⁄ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ guitar for me. It helped my right Eº 11fr 7fr ### œœ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ & 5 F©9 A6 E13 5fr Bº/E 6fr 6fr œœ œ œ œœœ n œœ œœ œ œœ 7 œ 5 5 6 7 4 5 9 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 5fr œ œ œ œ œ œ 8 œ 5 9 5 Go to www.99centguitarlessons. com/Christmas.html and look for the O Little Town of Bethlehem lesson. A demo video is available if you’d like to see me play it, or you can download the complete video lesson with step by step instructions. 6 7 0 7 more. A 0 0 ‘Till next time, I hope you and Copyright © 2016 by Guitar College, Inc. yours have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 32 Nov  Dec 2016 CollectibleGuitar.com