Songs for the Holidays

Christmas songs and songs for the holidays like "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night," and "Joy to the World" are classics during the winter months, and this list is full of great songs to learn during the coldest season. Not only will you find lessons on how to play these songs traditionally, there are also a number of rock, and blues versions of your favorites as well. Check them out below!

Artist / Title / Progress
Difficulty / style
Christopher Schlegel
Jingle Bell Blues Holiday

Christopher will show you how to turn the old Christmas standard tune "Jingle Bells" into a swinging blues tune with a harmonized diad melody, some fun bluesy licks for a solo and a rocking rhythm guitar.

Published: 12/12/2014 Upgrade
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Frosty The Snowman Gene Autry

In this set of holiday song lessons, Caren Armstrong will teach "Frosty the Snowman", as made famous by Gene Autry. Caren will talk about the song and the gear & tone; then define the song form and teach the boom-chick strumming. We'll learn the song intro before we look at the verse and bridge parts, then learn the outro. We'll break down the walk-up bass run, then do a play along performance.

Published: 11/18/2013 Upgrade
Christopher Schlegel
Carol Of The Bells (Electric) Holiday

Christopher will show you all the rocking electric guitar parts to this arrangement of a holiday classic. From the quiet intro volume swells, to the harmonized melody lines to the soaring solos!

Published: 12/02/2015 Upgrade
Caren Armstrong
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth Holiday

In this set of lessons, Caren Armstrong will teach the holiday song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth". Caren will introduce the song and talk about gear and tone, then teach the song intro. The verse part is next, then we're on to the bridge; we'll learn the bass run after that. Caren will show the strumming and song form before walking you through it all slowly, then we'll do a play along performance.

Published: 11/19/2013 Upgrade
Caren Armstrong
Merry Christmas, Baby Holiday

In this series of holiday lessons, Caren Armstrong will teach the holiday standard "Merry Christmas, Baby". After a song introduction and a peek at gear and tone, Caren will look at the big picture with the timing, the chords, and the song form. Then we'll look at the song sections; the intro, the verses, the solo, the bridge, then the outro. We'll finish with a play along performance.

Published: 11/19/2013 Upgrade
Lisa McCormick
Joy To The World, Hark! Herald Angels & Wenceslas Holiday

Learn Joy to the World chords, alongside Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and Wenceslas. These are great Christmas songs to learn for the holidays and only require an acoustic guitar. Joy to the World lyrics will also be available, and the other two songs will also include lyrics. Each song lesson features a strumming and melody version so you can play with a friend if you like. One player can play the strumming portion, while the other may play the melody. This is great for playing together.

Published: 12/22/2016 Upgrade
Lisa McCormick
Here We Come, Wassail & Auld Lang Syne Holiday

Lisa will show you each of these wonderful Winter Carols as a simple strumming version of the song that is perfect for singing along with; either by yourself, or with your friends, family, and community gatherings. And then, she'll also show you how to play a single-note melody version of each song. The single-note melody versions work beautifully as a solo instrumental, or to be played along with a friend who is playing the accompanying chords.

Published: 12/29/2016 Upgrade
Lisa McCormick
Silent Night, The First Noel & Away In A Manger Holiday

Lisa will show you how to play a simple strumming version of each song that is perfect for singing along with; either by yourself, or with your friends, family, and community gatherings. She'll also teach how to play a single-note melody version of each song. The single-note melody versions work beautifully as a solo instrumental, or to be played along with a friend who is playing the accompanying chords.

Published: 12/05/2016 Upgrade
Lisa McCormick
Deck The Halls & Jingle Bells Easy Versions Holiday

Learn Christmas songs featuring Jingle Bells chords, lyrics and tabs, plus Deck the Halls lyrics and tabs also. Lisa will show you how to play a simple strumming version of each song that is perfect for singing along with; either by yourself, or with your friends, family, and community gatherings. She'll also teach how to play a single-note melody version of each song. The single-note melody versions work beautifully as a solo instrumental, or to be played along with a friend who is playing the accompanying chords.

Published: 12/02/2016 Upgrade
Ben Lindholm
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

In this tutorial, we will start by learning this recognizable melody, add harmony to it, and finally learn my rock version of the chords. Ideally, you would need three guitars to play the song this way, but two guitar sound just fine!

Published: 11/14/2011 Upgrade
Ben Lindholm
Deck The Halls

In this tutorial, consisting of eight lessons, I will teach you my rock arrangement of Deck The Halls. Instead of adding extra guitar harmony to add dynamics to this song, like I did in my version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas, I modulated to the parallel minor key. So we'll start in the the key of F# major, and then modulate to F# minor, using the harmonic minor scale.

Published: 11/23/2011 Upgrade