"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" FREE Lesson with Emil Ernebro

[@nathanjones3429]

So I wanna share a tip for other players trying to grasp this. Emil mentions slowing it down. If you want to slow down a particular spot you can go to the comments and type @20:08 for example. Then slow it down to .5 or .25 speed and every time you touch the @ it will go rite to that spot and play it slow. You can do it over and over again to get the fast spots and really hear them broken down. This is a trick I used to learn 2 or 3 of Emil's songs. Good luck.

[@bob7067]

Emil, You seem to have such a gentle and giving spirit about you. To take the time to teach a song of this caliber for free, is awesome. And not only do you have an AMAZING ability/talent, but you have a gift to teach. You, and your music warm my heart, my friend. May God continue to bless you and yours richly.

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

It means a lot to me to hear this. Thank you so much, and I will continue to do my best and try to inspire other guitarists all around the globe! Kind regards/Emil

[@JPDC624]

I completely voice the same as Bob. Thanks Emil!

[@johnlind5819]

What a lovely way to express this Bob. I totally agree with your thoughts about Emil's skills and gentle spirit! Thanks, John Gig Harbor, WA

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you again so much Bob! Could I share your nice comment on our site etc? kind regards/Emil

[@bob7067]

@@proguitarofficial You most certainly may, my friend.

[@BobWestWA8YCD]

I have been playing music for more than 60 years. It is my opinion that folks like you who are thorough and patient are absolute treasures. Your mastery of the instrument is superb, but your generosity and clarity in sharing your knowledge are essential to keeping people learning to play on a good and proper path. Just my opinion. Respect and thanks!

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much Bob!!

[@BossPeddler]

Brilliant would be even better if you could please supply tab for same

[@pjgarret7653]

So excellent how you put a little theory in there. "And what is that?" Then you tell those of us wondering. And it all makes sense. What a pre Christmas gift 🎁!! MANY THX, generous, amazing maestro 👍

[@pjgarret7653]

Oh ho-ho!! Well, just listening I thought this was mostly learning tasty chord variations... only to find some real finger gymnastics upon trying. My fretboard has been turned into a pommel horse! 😅 You pulled me in Mr. Ernebro Back to the finger fitness gym now... (After a digital massage🤌🤏🤙🖖)✊️👋OWie!!🥹

[@thomasblomhansen1459]

Emil, in my opinion this arrangement is the epitome of fingerstyle guitar. Thank you for sharing not only the arrangement, but also this lesson. I have worked on it every day since you posted it. I have no doubt this is a piece I will continue to play and study for years to come. I have SO much to learn...

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much for the kind words Thomas! So glad you like it and that you work on it. It has a lot of things in it that can help in every aspect of fingerstyle guitar playing. In a few hours, we post my version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" as well! For free :) /E

[@alexlee8638]

0:00-1:00 Intro 1:00- First phrase 4:17 Second phrase 6:24 Third phrase with turn around variations 13:40 First phrase again 15:38 Second phrase again 18:15 Third phrase 20:01 The first lick 22:38 Back to A 24:41 A to E 27:39 Lick in E 30:44 Same phrases with harp harmonies 35:38 Ending 36:47Jingle Bells 37:53 - end Whole arrangement slowly Hope it helps :D! Amazing arrangements, Emil!

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much!

[@rodgerclemons9847]

You've created an absolute gem in this arrangement Mr. Ernebro. I can see many hours of pure enjoyment in my future as I tackle this beauty. Thank you so much for you contribution to the instrument we all love and cherish. So good!!

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much!!☺️🎶

[@hansbendixen5430]

I thought about making an arrangement of this song myself, but then i heard this and thought there is no way i can do it better, so now i am learning this arrangement. I can play half of it so far .

[@proguitarofficial]

Great work!! It’s a tricky arrangement but I’m so glad you’re learning it!🙌

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

Gorgeous chord sequences. I was hooked by about the 1:45 mark. Deepest thanks for sharing.

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much Mark for the kind words!☺️

[@kevinwatkins3856]

the best version "out there" , Emil. Thanks SOOOO much for sharing. (if only I could buy the tab, lol)

[@pierpaolozanelli6928]

This lesson is wonderful! You haven’t left anything to chance, you’re a great musician and teacher and it’s not so easy to find people who work in both music and teaching! Thank you very much and I wish you the best!

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much for the kind words!!☺️

[@malcolmmyatt9092]

That was wonderful, I'm 70 and never heard that played so beautifully

[@Jongpang]

Emil you are the best guitar genius player! Also you are a great teacher with patience! Thank you.

[@davidjohn8743]

Imagine me looking for a nice arrangement of this tune (maybe my fave Christmas song), so I could play it on my guitar and then stumbling on to this!!!!! Oh YEAH! Thanks, Man, you are indeed the greatest. Happy Christmas. Cheers. Dave

[@RodrigoSelis]

Thank you so much for teaching this amazing arrangement. It's not easy to play, many passages will require hours of practice, but the result is rewarding.

[@proguitarofficial]

So happy that you like it!

[@josephanderson3254]

Absolutely love your style sound a lot like Tommy Emmanuel ive seen you and Tommy play together love u both thanks so much 4 showing your beautiful gift god bless you. So much keep up the good work

[@modestodiazduran1894]

Gracias Emil, esa manera de tocar es fascinante, preciosa, gracias también por la tab. Éxitos y bendiciones para ti.

[@g_young8412]

This is amazing. Thank you for always sharing your talent and beautiful music with the world Emil!

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

Thank you so much Benjamin :)

[@proguitarofficial]

Thanks again @G_Young .. Could I share your nice comment (and your KZbin name "G_Young" on our site etc? kind regards/Emil

[@jimmedlock6004]

Love this. Having chord names on screen very useful as well. Thank you

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

Glad to hear it Jim!

[@slash040386]

Yes Emil! So awesome of you to give us a free lesson of this beautiful arrangement. Plenty of time to learn it for Xmas. Cheers!

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you soo much Jamie! Would it be OK if I share your nice comment (and your KZbin name "Jamie Sanderson" on our site etc? Just to let people know what our friends think of our lessons! :) kind regards/Emil

[@slash040386]

@@proguitarofficial Absolutely!

[@SevakAvet]

Treasure! We have some time to learn it before the Christmas 🎄Thanks Emil 🙏

[@satchrules101]

Dude ur an amazing teacher! The way u explain is so good . Thank you 🙏

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much! New lesson up on the channel today!

[@jeanbedard9784]

Thanks so much Emil I've wanted to learn this arrangement and started to then Christmas past so I put it on the shelf. So I hope to learn it in time for Christmas this year!!

[@krzysztofp.7695]

Wonderfully😍. I'm just starting my adventure with the guitar, but I would love to play a Christmas song someday, at least 1 percent like you Master 😀

[@grantmartin6094]

Incredible arrangement thank you so much

[@chrisjuergensen]

Very generous lesson. You have such a nice demeanor. I think if I saw you on the street somewhere and recognized you, I’d probably hug you. Lol

[@proguitarofficial]

Haha Thank you so much!

[@zecalimazeca]

thank you , greetings from Brazil

[@proguitarofficial]

🙏🎶

[@alexraphael6534]

Ah man. Lovely stuff! Early enough to wrap my head and fingers around it in time for Christmas! :)

[@bobrichard4879]

Thanks for sharing your awesome talents Emil. I love this rendition of this song. Beautiful !!

[@jra2515]

You are such a great player with an impeccable sense of what sounds great. I have been working on this great arrangement and it is very tough. I cannot make a few of the streches as my hands are a bit too small. Thank you so much for putting this out here for us. Your newest fan! Jeff

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you so much for playing it!! I will release a new guitar arrangement today on our site! :) "O Come All Ye Faithful", a jazzy arrangement that is a bit easier to play compared to this one.

[@anthonypoole4933]

Wow! Well, at least I know I can play the first chord. And, I want your right hand nails!

[@nate9755]

Beautiful arrangement, thanks for giving this tutorial for free!

[@KoZeroSM]

THANK YOU!!! Really appreciate this. Gonna finish learning this before this christmas...

[@masqacordes]

Like #20 Thank you for the lesson

[@vooose]

MAN CRUSH ❤

[@dawidzarnowski5248]

I wanted to listen to your cover and Remind it for this Christmas and here we have a tutorial for this one 😛

[@NaimJl]

Thank you very much for this Emil! Come to Australia one day!❤️

[@berndweber424]

Wonderful arrangement ❤️ Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍

[@lesliechen1214]

What can I say? Emil is a great guitarist and teacher......

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you Leslie! Could we share your kind comment/KZbin name on our website?

[@lesliechen1214]

@@proguitarofficial Sure! I fell in love with Emil's music 3 years ago... I believe it will last forever!!!

[@Whateverjourn]

Please do "deck the halls" tutorial

[@dominicswords3293]

Hi Emil. This is a beautiful arrangement. It is very 'you' as an arrangement with those distinctive chromatic chord moves. Not to mention your love of open string licks. You watch this and wish you can one day play it and then you start to follow your step by step guide and hey you find you can do it!!!!! Well in the context of your own technique and ways of playing. I have learned a number of your lessons and this definitely makes me more curious to explore some more of those ideas you use and make them mine rather than simply 'try' and do what you do precisely. Cheers (and Happy Christmas when it gets a bit closer :-)) !!!!) Dominic

[@PeterGuyMyrand1]

You ask which turn around do I like best? ALL OF THEM.

[@jonleopold]

Thanks again!

[@Самодельнаятехника-е4т]

Спасибо.

[@ddskursusmusik5046]

Really great

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you!

[@PeterGuyMyrand1]

On the second verse, moving from the C#m7 to the DM9, where the melody note moves from E (5th fret B string) to A (5th fret E string) I find setting up my hand positioned for the next chord, the DM9 prior to strinking the A melody note to be more efficient. For me anyway.

[@proguitarofficial]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing this!

[@banchyy09]

Man, I really wish you could monetize this - I'm sure it has something to do with music rights. Thank you so much for posting; this is absolutely one of my favorites of yours. If there's a way to donate in exchange for this content I'd be very keen. Cheers man!

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

Thank you soo much for the kind comment Luke! More free lessons coming up, and if you'd like to support in any way - maybe check out any other lesson on the proguitar.com/academy site :) Have a wonderful day! Kind regards/Emil

[@andrewreshetar25]

Appreciate it!) I am a huge fan of your arrangements.

[@proguitarofficial]

Thank you Andrew!! Would it be OK if I share your nice comment (and your KZbin name "Andrew Reshetar" on our site etc? Just to let people know what our friends think of our lessons! :) kind regards/Emil

[@James333-n2q]

Is there any tab available?

[@alessandrospina1061]

Ho emil ...very beautif!!!! Sorry..is possible lesson with tutorial for let is show...??? In the proguitar? On in you tube? Please !!! Thank s Emil..

[@purpura_tiria]

❤❤❤

[@BenBailey-y3f]

Personal progress timestamp. 8:23

[@nateo7045]

So has anyone actually been able to pull this off? I'd love to see covers of this just to know it's even possible. Until then Emil is an alien from the planet Guitartron 😂

[@58maurizio]

😍👏👏👏🤗

[@dlmtim46]

!!!!!!!!🤗

[@jacobjohnson2988]

Hi Emil, thanks for posting this awesome lesson! What guitar model is that?

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

Thanks! It’s a Maton ebg808 artist

[@manuelgarza1305]

What kind of nails do you have on your right hand? And where can I find them? Please

[@proguitarofficial]

@@manuelgarza1305 it’s my own nails, but I go to a nail salon to add acrylic on the nails. Thicker nail = thicker tone

[@manuelgarza1305]

Thank you, you’re an awesome guitarist!!

[@jlai2016]

Which maton guitar model is this?

[@proguitarofficial]

It’s a Maton EBG808 Artist

[@chrisa1234]

When you say about choosing A major because it allows you to use more open strings, what do you mean by this? My theory is limited, but in G major, every string in standard tuning is diatonic, but in A major the G string is not diatonic. So, doesn't A major actually limit the availability of "good" open strings, compared to G?

[@proguitarofficial]

Hi! Thanks for asking questions! Yes, the G major scale has even more available open strings within the diatonic major scale. But the key of A also has the possibility to use open strings. In the key of A major, the notes are A B C# D E F# G#. Since we have those open strings (two E strings, A string, D string and B string - all of those are part of the A major scale) we can use that to our advantage when playing the melody/chords. If I think about it - I prefer A major over G major for a song like this - because we have the low A string and its 5th (E, which is the root note of the V chord.. one of the most important chords) in the bottom. We can let those ring while playing chords further up the neck. If I had chosen the key of G, I’d had to fret that low G note on the 3rd fret of the E string every time when I need to play the tonic chord (G). This is why the key of A works great on the guitar. In the key of G, I sometimes tune down the A string a whole step (to G) and the lowest string down a whole step (from E to D) which enables me to have that same concept in the key of G. Check out my arrangements of “sound of silence”, “here there and everywhere “, “what a wonderful world” etc. All of those arrangements actually have that open G6 tuning for that exact reason. ☺️ Hope this helps Chris! Kind regards /Emil Ernebro

[@chrisa1234]

@@proguitarofficial Wow, thank you for such a brilliant and in-depth reply. A wonderful insight into your thought process. I really appreciate you taking the time to write this 🥰

[@proguitarofficial]

@@chrisa1234 No problem at all! This is what I’m here for!☺️

[@pjgarret7653]

What a great question and response. Top notch arrangement and teaching!!

[@TheAbtrigger]

Hello Emil, big fan of your content, and have been subscribing on/off to proguitar for about a year now. So many inpsiring videos! Is there gonna be a time and place for a video about using melodic minor/lydian-b7 and altered scale? Would love your take on it :)

[@proguitarofficial]

Hi! Thanks for watching our videos! There’s a video called “how to use the altered scale” that I did on this KZbin channel if you’re interested! I do talk about the melodic minor modes a but in different videos. Especially in the 15 jazz lines series. But I should make a bigger Lydian b7 lesson as well! Will think about it! Thanks!

[@TheAbtrigger]

@@proguitarofficial Very cool! Thank you so much!

[@nanashi9929]

I really expecting the tabs though 😐

[@proguitarofficial]

For license reasons we are not allowed to write a TAB for it, so sorry!

[@PeterGuyMyrand1]

I think the harmonics I will bypass fornthe time being.