Roland and Diane's Christmas Chord Books
for Mandolin and Guitar (as .pdf documents) Price: $7.50
diagrams for easy mandolin chords placed over the lyrics to 10 traditional Christmas songs.
plus guitar chords! Same format
each song shown in two keys, to back up singers with higher or lower voices
NO "STRETCH" chords for the mandolin
appendices with larger diagrams of all chords, around 50 for mandolin, 25 for guitar
immediate delivery as two 24-page pdf files
this is not a melody or tab book--see Roland White's Mandolin Christmas for melodies
These are digital "books" consisting of a 24-page .pdf document. You can read and print them with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have the reader, you can get it here. We also have a few of these printed up and bound with GBC plastic comb binding. Drop me an email at dbouska@bellsouth.net
if you want one of these.
(Note: printing from the pdf file will look sharper than the images on this web page.)
After completing the purchase you will receive an email with the pdf files attached. This will be a separate email from the payment confirmation email from PayPal. It will be from Roland White and Diane Bouska. (The email may be instant, or may take up a few minutes to arrive, by some reports. If you have to wait a few minutes, make yourself a nice cup of Japanese green tea with some fresh ginger slices!)
If your files don't arrive shortly after you purchase them, or if you need other assistance, email dbouska@bellsouth.net or call 1-800-304-3588.
Songs: Jingle Bells in G and C, We Three Kings in Dm and Am, Deck the Halls in E and G, What Child Is This? in Em and Gm, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear in G and D, We Wish You a Merry Christmas in G and D, Silent Night in A and E, Joy to the World in D and G, Silver Bells in A and E, O Little Town Of Bethlehem in D and GMore description: these settings have lots of two-finger chords for mandolin, with open strings. You can play several of these tunes with only two fingers and they sound great too--the open ringing sound of the mandolin is wonderful for Christmas songs! There are also some three-finger chords that you should learn, and the neat thing is you don't have to move much to change between most of these chords. Players of all levels will learn a few new chord moves. Nowhere is there a "stretch" chord. The greatest reach in these chords is four frets. You can back up these songs nicely without ever having to stretch your pinky to the far side of the fretboard.
Guitar chords, also clearly diagrammed with fingering indications, are provided for the same songs in the same keys in the same order as the mandolin chord book--so it should be easy to convince your spouse or roommate to play along with you! Guitar chords are in a separate pdf document.
Note: this collection does NOT contain melodies or tablature. See Roland White's Mandolin Christmas book/CD set for a more complete package with melodies and chords. Also see: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
sample: (printouts will be sharper than the web page images)
sample of enlarged chord diagram listing:
To Roland White's Mandolin Christmas book/CD set page