Guitar Lesson: How to Play "Christmas Time" from Charlie Brown Sound Track

Here is a quick tutorial on how to play CHRISTMAS TIME. The original is played in Fmajor. I transposed it down 1/2 step to the key of Emajor to make it easier for guitar.

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Music

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• charlie
• brown
• Christmas
• time
• vince
• gerauldi
• guitar
• lesson
• tutorial

[snakeboy855]

Thanks, man! Going to play this for my family the day after Thanksgiving!

[delpuckett]

@snakeboy855 - on BLACK FRIDAY ??

[Jimplify]

I don't play guitar but I do however play the uke do you suppose your lesson could be used for the uklele do you think it could actually work well

[delpuckett]

@Jimplify - thanks - unfortnately i dont think it will translate to Uke. i have a couple Uke videos posted. check out "santa clause is coming to town" and tell me what you think.

[vintagesoulny]

is this tuned differently????? cuz i cant seem to get it

[delpuckett]

@vintagesoulny - nope - it's standard tuning...but i am playing it 1/2 step down from the original. E is a more "guitar friendly" key in my opinion. 

[freddymclain]

Thanks so much..I've wanted to learn this for years.  FYI, Vince played guitar also.....he loved cranking the amp up to '10.'....not like the nice acoustic tone you're getting. Thanks again for posting this....great job!

[ShaneDignan]

I'd say you nailed the chord voicings. Awesome version!

[mgambro1]

Real nice, straightforward, and simple. Thanks man, and Merry Christmas!

[yelirnaes]

Thanks!! Awesome.

[wikid24]

can you post the tabs? i have no knowledge of music theory so this is hard for me to find the chords you mentioned, even googling them gives alternate patterns.

[kirwinbecker]

sweet! Thanks and may your ending to 2011 be full of grace. Thanks for the nice arrangement and your willingness to share.

[moverfors]

Thanks...love it!! I'm working on it!!

[midrangesupport]

thanks for putting this up!

[fixturebum1]

so glad i was able to find this video again. i found it last year too late to learn it for christmas. i hope i have time to learn it as well as you play. thank you for your generousity. merry christmas

[snakeboy855]

@delpuckett Haha yea,..gotta stay away from the masses, my friend!