Damos' "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

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Comment by Damos on January 6, 2009 at 4:23am

haha ~repSKET! cheers folks!

i've been really lazy over the christmas/new year break and haven't updated my blog yet, but i've transcribed this and some other stuff that should go up shortly for anyone who's interested.

Comment by scott on January 5, 2009 at 9:00pm

Very nice. Or in your vernacular - b000OOOST!! I think.

:-D

Comment by Chairman Mao on January 5, 2009 at 7:00pm

i just watched this now, but still refreshing.

Comment by Randomguru on December 22, 2008 at 11:13am

okay, you should get a bunch of hits to your youtube video, as i just made a youtube "greeting card" out of it and said Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. haha...

Comment by Anna on December 22, 2008 at 11:07am

Finally, a video. ;) Very soothing, best background music while sipping a cup of hot chocolate, lol. Good job, Damo!

Comment by Randomguru on December 22, 2008 at 9:46am

hey, you are quite knowledgeable with the music theory. Do you gig and perform somewhere? With a jazz trio or something? You should...

oh, i was confusing this song with "The Christmas Song". but, nice modulation and resolve. i'll have to try that on piano.

Comment by Damos on December 21, 2008 at 10:56pm

thanks man! the tune fits over a straight forward I-vi-ii-V-I progression with a V-of-V progression as cadence. I already had ideas about how i wanted to reharmonize the tune, but the voicings i went with were part of the improvisation (hence the concentration and my stupid 'guitar chin', saki :P).

i was reasonably happy with the end result - particularly that momentary modulation up a minor 3rd (playing Abm9 (ii of Gb) - Db13 (V7 of Gb) resolving back to EbMaj7).

Comment by Randomguru on December 21, 2008 at 10:41pm

cool, dude! that's one of the harder xmas carols to play, chord progression-wise. :o)

Comment by Evil Overlord on December 21, 2008 at 9:18am

Very nice. Feels light and wistful to me. You seem to be very carefully executing the whole piece though, lots of concentration, lol. :)