For this week's Video Riff we're celebrating the holiday season with a fingerstyle arrangment of "Silent Night". In this arrangement you'll be combining the melody notes of the song with some chord voicings to provide the underlying harmony. Playing melody and harmony simultaneously is certainly a challenge, but this style essentially allows you to play a duet (two parts) by yourself. This is often referred to as "Chord/Melody" playing, and is normally done with fingerpicking technique, so put down the pick for this one. Remember that you can SLOW DOWN the video and LOOP IT until you can get all of the chord vocings and melodies to fit together.
As an added bonus, (and as a "Thank You" to all of our customers), we're also releasing a FREE version of this arrangement for M-Player, so once you've practiced the chord/melody sections from this video, then click here:
http://www.fretlightstore.com/songdetail.aspx?ID=1526
to download the full MIDI song FOR FREE from the Fretlight Store!
To download this week's Video Riff, click the download link shown below, save the video to your computer, and open it up through Fretlight Studio (using Video Player).
Don't forget to check back next week for your next FREE Video Riff!
Happy Holidays from the The Fretlight Team! :)
If you would like to watch a short sample clip from this video before you download it, click here:
www.fretlight.com/riffoftheweek/Silent_Night_Sample.wmv
Download the FULL version of the “Fretlight Video Riff: Silent Night” by clicking here:
www.fretlight.com/riffoftheweek/(intermediate)_Silent_Night_Fingerstyle.fvp
