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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: We start with "Carol Of The Bells". Heavily based on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra metal arrangement of the song, here we feel the uplifting effec...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: This section moves away from the previous homophonic approach and incorporates a lot more changes in rhythm with a more jazzy harmony. It is essentia...

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Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Rhythm   This system of interpreting music has a very handy visual method of showing rhythms. All the chords are broken down into measures. Whe...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday

Excerpt: This part is for those of you Elves that have graduated primary school and are ready to move on to Elf college! Here it gets a little more tricky. Th...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: The most technically demanding aspect of this arrangement is the control of the individual voices. It is a good idea to study the score away from you...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Welcome to part one! The opening of this arrangement is very homophonic in nature, using a variety of inversions in block chord format. Take for inst...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Welcome one and all to this very special rendition of the classic Christmas song 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' performed just for you even ...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Well that time of the year has crept out of nowhere on us all again. So let's get in the spirit of Christmas by taking a look at one of the most popul...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Hey fellow IGers! T'is the season once again. This year, I decided to take a holiday favorite, Silent Night, and arrange it in such a way that is quit...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Up next, the only "fully original" section of the medley; an arpeggio sequence used as a compositional segway. Ay 180BPM, 8th notes should be well wi...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Ahh, the Grinch, the furry little green devil of Christmas that just won't leave us alone! But, in the spirit of his genial personality and insanity, ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Merry Christmas everyone! I wrote this little piece after I heard an excellent song by Trans-siberian Orchestra. They did a medley where they mixed t...

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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Interviews Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hi guys! I wanted to do an interview with one of my good friends, Kyle Odell, from the band Failure Anthem. Kyle and I have known each other for sever...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday

Excerpt: Here we have the second part of the main "Carol of the Bells" melody. In bars 13 through 16, we have a different melody than the last lesson, but the...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday

Excerpt: OK, now we come to the repeat section which is exactly the same as section 1 up until we get to bar 30. Bars 31-32 may require a little experimentati...

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