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Silent night book hodges9/24/2023 Wrap it all up with a nice slow arpeggio of a full G chord (yes, you can finally play the A string now!) and you’re done. Pull that finger off and there’s your B note. This way when you take it off, you’ve automatically got the C note in the melody. I punctuate these notes with the open D string on the second and third beats, alternating with the open G string as a pedal point on the offbeat.įor the twenty-second measure, form a D7 chord (you can leave the high E (1st) string open if you’d like) and add your pinky on the third fret of the B string. Measure twenty-one (the last “…sleep in heavenly peace.”) is a G chord again, but we hit a different note on each beat. I like to slow down the last four measures slightly to make the notes more deliberate. When we hit it, on the first beat of measure twenty, we will also hit the open low E (6th) string and play an arpeggio on the open D, G and B strings. Now comes the tricky part! On the last half of the third beat, we will hit the open G (3rd) string while sliding our ring finger up to seventh fret of the E string. What we’re going to do is to start out with our G chord (remember you don’t have to fret the A!), then on the third beat we will change the bass note from G to F# (2nd fret, 6th string). I’d also like to recommend using your ring finger of the melody’s G note (3rd fret, 1st string) in measure nineteen. Most people have to do this with their pinky and if the little finger’s not free, then you have to go through all the hassle of changing your whole chord. You’ll understand why when you see that the melody jumps from the A note (5th fret, 1st string) to the C at the 8th fret at the start of the next measure. I heartily recommend that you play this with your index finger on the fifth fret of the E, your ring finger on the seventh fret of the B and your middle finger on the seventh fret of the G string. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Measure seventeen marks the return of our D chord from measure five. New York Times Book Review, December 20, 1998 The story of an enduring success is gracefully told. The text in this account of how Franz Gruber, the part-time organist, and Father Joseph Mohr, the young priest, happened to compose a charming carol for the parishioners in the Austrian village of Obendorf in 1818 doesn't say that mice got into the organ works but the crucial illustration shows a small rodent scampering away from the choir. While very different in its approach and artwork from Granfield's treatment of the subject, Hodges's Silent Night is more versatile and is a better bet for library purchase.Ĭopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Glowing shades of gold and brown accentuate faces lifted in harmony, creating feelings of warmth, wonder, and contentment. Full-page watercolor illustrations capture quaint mountain village scenes. Hodges includes stories about wartime enemies who forgot their hatred and joined together, sometimes across enemy lines, to share a few verses of the song. ![]() ![]() With its creators all but forgotten, "Silent Night" eventually became an international favorite. ![]() Franz Gruber, a local schoolmaster, wrote a simple tune to accompany the words. In compelling prose, Hodges recounts the young priest's struggle to write a poem that would bring the beauty of the Christ Child's humble, but sacred birth night to a congregation that expected to celebrate with music. On Christmas Eve in 1818, in a small Austrian town, Father Mohr's church organ broke down. Grade 1-3?This account of the beloved carol's history pays tribute to its creators and to the song itself.
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