{"id":4571,"date":"2023-12-08T22:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2023-12-08T22:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:30:55","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-december-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-december-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update December 8, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update December 8, 2023\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1i1uoawOHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nDecember 8, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A classic Christmas Carol somehow materialized as I started today&#8217;s Update, which led into a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/2924-ferry-cross-the-mersey-solo-guitar-arrangement\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferry Cross The Mersey<\/a>, one of this week&#8217;s new lessons. The other new lesson was <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/2925-we-three-kings-solo-guitar-arrangement\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We Three Kings<\/a>, which got a little ragtime treatment today. I want to encourage people to recommend any seasonal tunes that we have not gotten to as soon as possible since we are counting the days down now.<\/p>\n<p>The response to our <a href=\"https:\/\/totallylessons.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=210&#038;t=27832\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-Minute 30-Day Challenge<\/a> was fabulous and I look forward to seeing everybody&#8217;s practice sheets next weekend as you document your practice starting tomorrow, Saturday December 9.<\/p>\n<p>I went into a little theory about voice leading with a chord progression that wraps up the main phrase in Winter Wonderland. This involved tritones and how they typically resolve a couple different ways.<\/p>\n<p>I wrapped things up with exploring the possibility of doing an instrumental arrangement of The Twelve Days Of Christmas. This went better than I guessed it would but I&#8217;m not sure it is deserving of solo treatment. I am open to suggestions though.<\/p>\n<p>See you next week,<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 8, 2023 A classic Christmas Carol somehow materialized as I started today&#8217;s Update, which led into a bit of Ferry Cross The Mersey, one of this week&#8217;s new lessons. The other new lesson was We Three Kings, which got a little ragtime treatment today. 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