Charlie Brown Christmas
Course Lessons
Start CourseI’ve been teaching these Guaraldi tunes for many years.
In this course, I share some of the strategies I’ve developed to help students play these pieces.
I’ve also included Thanksgiving Theme and The Great Pumpkin Waltz.
While they aren’t Christmas songs, they’re still a lot of fun to play and perfect for the season!
For these two tunes, I’ve provided charts. The rest of the songs covered in this course can be found in the Hal Leonard Charlie Brown Christmas book.
Course Objectives #
In this course, you will learn:
- How to listen closely to recordings and imitate what you hear
- How to move beyond the sheet music to understand the groove and feel
- Techniques to tackle tricky rhythms (e.g., Linus and Lucy)
- How to approach and play Vince Guaraldi’s solo sections
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