Dec/1/07
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John King – Carol of the Bells

I was going to start December with a quick selection of Christmas uke videos, then I discovered that a video of ukulele master John King playing Carol of the Bells has just been uploaded to YouTube. It pretty much trumps any other video.

You can download the fiendishly difficult tab on Nalu Music. Or, if you’re a mere mortal, you’ll be able to get your hands on my more simple arrangement in a couple of days.

I’ve also arranged a version of Carol of the Bells in my ebook How To Play Christmas Ukulele. It’s much simpler than King’s version but it’s in the same key, so you can mix and match as you see fit.

UPDATE: Sorry, it was in the first edition of the ebook but not in the second because it was still too bloody difficult.

10 Comments

  1. Nelson December 1st, 2007 9:04 pm

    Kicking out this one for the holidays!
    Learning tab now!

  2. Woodshed December 2nd, 2007 2:42 pm

    Good luck with it, Nelson.

  3. Terry Kinakin December 5th, 2007 3:22 pm

    Wow…This is so wonderfully played, I think this song was written for the ‘uke. Beautiful, just proves all you need to make music of high calibre is a ukulele.

  4. Woodshed December 5th, 2007 9:01 pm

    I’m certainly with you on that, Terry. Have you seen his Classical Ukulele tab book? Some top arrangements in it.

  5. NobodyUkePlayer June 3rd, 2011 5:54 pm

    Were is the version for mere mrtals?

  6. Woodshed June 4th, 2011 10:19 am

    NobodyUkePlayer: It’s in the Christmas ebook.

  7. NobodyUkePlayer June 5th, 2011 9:16 pm

    Oh! Thanks.

  8. Liluke December 8th, 2011 5:58 pm

    Looked at this last night and so far i’ve learnt the first part, up to the point where the notes are on fret 14. And it sounds amazing! :D thank you for posting it :)

  9. Shameless December 12th, 2011 8:30 am

    Carol of the bells doesn’t seem to be in your ebook

  10. Woodshed December 12th, 2011 2:16 pm

    Shameless: Sorry. I should have changed this post. It was in the first edition but it’s not in the second. Even the simplified version turned out to be too hard.

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