Christmas Ukulele: Bing Crosby – White Christmas
December 11, 2007
I couldn’t let Christmas pass without working up a version of this tune. It’s a classic.
This arrangement keeps it fairly simple. It’s mostly just strummed chords. When you’re playing a chord based solo like this one, it’s important that you emphasise the melody notes. There are a couple of main ways to do this.
Firstly, by making the last note you hit in a strum the melody note.
Secondly, by giving a bit more omph to the chords on the melody beats. For example, in bar 6 the melody note is the first beat (the ‘I’m'), so play this chord stronger and the rest of the strums in the bar more softly.
If you like this style of arrangement, you can find more Christmas songs arranged like this in How To Play Christmas Ukulele.
If you’re in Hollywood this Friday, head over to the Egyptian Theater for their screening of White Christmas where Ukulele Davey will be leading a sing-along.
Hi Alistair, Tried to read White Xmas, but told the file was damaged.
Like the reindeer game, only got 2 of them….:-)
Love your site.
Is there a reason you don’t put the chord names in the tab when you’re doing actual chords? I would find that much easier to read, but maybe it’s just me.
Thanks, AC. You’re right, I probably should start putting chords in.
This is great! I wish my fingers were slim enough to play the high notes with as much clarity as yours. Love it!
Ha, ha, ha. I knew having tiny, girly fingers would come in handy one day :D