Christmas Time Is Here on C6

Niklas Winnitowy · Post by **Niklas Winnitowy** » 20 Dec 2024 1:06 pm

Transcribed this Vince Guaraldi classic as best as I could, then added a little bass guitar and snare for flavour. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WjpGVY-q2Wg

I started learning C6 this summer. Picked up a nice Fessenden 8x8 with a Jernigan change on P4, which is what inspired the cover. Happened to like how it sounded with big strummed chords instead of picking. I can post my transcription if anyone is curious!

Eric Henry · Post by **Eric Henry** » 23 Dec 2024 11:01 am

Beautiful! I'd love the transcription. Working up a duet with my daughter on cello after seeing this version below, but love how your strum-y C6 sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ise6Ojh ... ndreaWhitt

Niklas Winnitowy · Post by **Niklas Winnitowy** » 24 Dec 2024 11:42 am

Eric - sounds awesome! Love the duet.

Here's the copedant I'm using, based off Doug Jernigan's P4. It's an 8x8, so I get LKL/LKV/LKR on the E9 neck, as well as a middle LKL/LKV/LKR on the C6 neck.

The guy I bought this steel from told me to give it a try before making any changes. I learned it gives you an Eb#11/13 chord on the open strings if you strum strings 9 through 3. Couple that with the Fmaj9 chord you get from open strings 9 through 2, and you essentially have the first two chords of Christmas Time Is Here. I used a bit of creative liberty in chord naming when including melody notes (theory nerds please excuse my reckless use of both sharp and flat chords in a single key), but here's what I mapped out. It's some janky excel charting, but I think it gets the point across well enough:

Joe A. Roberts · Post by **Joe A. Roberts** » 25 Dec 2024 2:31 pm

Very pretty, I subscribed and hope to hear more. Merry Christmas

There sure are a lot of good versions of that tune...
Here is a cool arrangement in the second half of this vid from Rich Sullivan without pedals if anyone hasn't heard it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0YNiiXB_I

I am sure I am missing something, but (having never actually used it) I never really understood the Jernigan pedal...

The Jernigan change just seems so close to sliding up 1 fret with P5 + C-B lever + A-Ab lever (that only lowers string 4 not 8 as well).
That's one reason for C-B and A-Ab on opposite knees. (Also for combinations with splitting P7.)
I guess coordinating those movements would be more awkward, but its such valuable floor space (e.g. reverse P6 on P4 opening up CKL for both Cs to C#.)

Are there certain combinations used along with the Jernigan change?

Eric Henry · Post by **Eric Henry** » 25 Dec 2024 9:36 pm

Thank you so much, Niklas!

I'm woodshedding your changes now - I really liked how lush they sounded in your video.

Here's where my daughter, Helen, and I ended up:
https://youtu.be/XpR-JHsBkvo

We borrowed liberally from this lovely version we discovered with Andrea Whitt on steel and Simon Huber on cello:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ise6Ojh ... ndreaWhitt

Larry Lenhart · Post by **Larry Lenhart** » 30 Dec 2024 2:20 pm

Great music by all....I enjoyed very much listening to every one of these interpretations...all the rich chords sound great on steel !

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 31 Dec 2024 6:07 am

Niklas, that was great ... I did this one a couple years ago with a track I wrote with split timing, but never thought about doing it strumming and picking with just your thumb ... I really liked that, well done. Also admire your ability to knock out the Theory. When a chord can be given a half dozen different names, I just throw up my hands in frustration and reach for the Advil. LOL

Well done.