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“Silent Night”
for Solo Fingerstyle Guitar
Arranged by Adam Rafferty

Table of Contents
Introduction Page 3
About the Arrangement Page 3
Technique Tips Page 4
Variation Ideas on the Repeat Page 6
Most Important - Enjoy! Page 8
“Silent Night” Arrangement & Tabs Page 9
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“Silent Night” for

Fingerstyle Guitar
Introduction
Greetings and thanks for downloading my arrangement of “Silent Night.” I hope that
you get hours of enjoyment out of playing this piece.
Here are some tips and insights that will explain how to make this sound and feel as
comfortable as possible.
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About the Arrangement
I recorded this arrangement on my CD “A Christmas Guitar Celebration.” It is in

standard tuning, in the key of G.
My goal was to create a “crystal clear” arrangement that was not born of “guitar-isms”
chords, and grips - but MUSICAL ideas and voice leading, as much as possible.
Here are the basic ideas:
• every voice is accounted for (pretty much)

• melody notes should ring as long as needed
• good accompaniment should fit under melody
• it should be simple, clear with a good structure
Yep...it takes practice to pull off a“pure and simple” sound on guitar.
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Technique Tips
P & M pinch:
I use P & M (thumb & middle) quite a lot on the right hand, because it gives me the
right control in this piece.
Yes, it’s uncommon but it feels good. That has a lot to do with the steel strings, so if
you are playing nylon you may find a better balance with I & M than I do.
“Spoonful of Sugar 3rds”
Here is an example of how I use P & M, and I call these my “Spoonful of Sugar 3rds”
because they ring over each other and there is little or no string noise or notes getting
cut off (use P I M except where indicated)
Using the thumb (P) so melody string can ring
Try this - play the 2nd string open with your M finger. Let it ring.
While it’s ringing, play the 3rd string with your I finger.
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Did the back of your I finger “bump” the 2nd string and stop it from ringing? For me,
that “bump” and cutting the note off happens when I use that type of right hand
fingering.
Here’s what I do to prevent that...if I play the 2nd string and want it to ring, I then play
the 3rd string with my thumb. That way, nothing can accidentally mute the 2nd string.
Here’s an example:
Even though this next example is with thumb (P) only, notice how the 3rd string can
ring through as you add the bass notes with your thumb (P).

6
Variation Ideas on the Repeat
“Silent Night” is a very short musical idea, and when it is sung it has several verses.
For the purposes of solo guitar, I have kept the arrangement to the basic song played
twice (one repeat.)
In the repeat I add some things to keep the musical interest alive.
• Counter Melody against main melody

• More Intense Harmony than the first time through
Counter Melody
The counter melody is shown below in the 2nd bar. The MELODY note is the first open
B and should ring as you play the counter melody (scale) going down under it.
Through using a harmonic, an open string, and then playing notes on the 5th string, we
stay way clear of the 2nd string.
Even though it jumps around the neck, it sounds like a scale.
TIP: play the 3rd string open with thumb (P) on the right hand:
pull off

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More Intense Harmony
Compare the two chord progressions, and hum the melody to “Silent Night.”
If you are not sure about what some of these chords are, don’t worry, just play what is
in the tabs, and LISTEN :-)
Count “1 2 3” for each bar of music shown since we are in 3/4 time.
Silent Night - First Time (simple):
G | G | G | G
D7 | D7 | G | G
C | C | G | G
C | C | G | G
D7 | D7 | G | G
G | D7 | G | G
Silent Night - Second Time (More INTENSE Harmonies):
G | G | G | G
D7 | D/C | G | G#DIM
A- | D7 | G | E / G#
A- | D7 | G | E
D7 | D# dim7 | E- | A13
G/D | D7 | G | G

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Most Important...Enjoy!
There you have it! I hope you enjoy learning and playing this one. The nice thing
about Christmas tunes is that you can play them year after year in all kinds of settings
(at home, Church, school, Christmas Concert) and so on.
Feel free to watch the instructional video as often as you need to and if you have any
questions at all, please email me!
Happy Holidays to you & your loved ones!
Keep Groovin and Happy Holidays!
A FREE, step by step video lesson walkthrough of this arrangement is

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Visit http://adamrafferty.com/silent-night to access the videos instantly!

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Arr. for Solo Guitar
“Silent Night” by Adam Rafferty © 2009
Video 2
Video 3
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Silent Night 10
Video 4

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Video 5
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Silent Night 12
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Silent Night 13

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Arranged by Adam Rafferty

About the Arrangement Page 3

Technique Tips Page 4

Variation Ideas on the Repeat Page 6

Most Important - Enjoy! Page 8

“Silent Night” Arrangement & Tabs Page 9

“Silent Night” for

A FREE, step by step video lesson walkthrough of this arrangement is

Visit http://adamrafferty.com/silent-night to access the videos instantly!

About the Arrangement

I recorded this arrangement on my CD “A Christmas Guitar Celebration.” It is in

Here are the basic ideas:

• every voice is accounted for (pretty much)

http://studywithadam.com Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Adam Rafferty

“Spoonful of Sugar 3rds”

Using the thumb (P) so melody string can ring

Free Video Lesson For “Silent Night” Available - http://adamrafferty/silent-night

http://studywithadam.com Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Adam Rafferty

Variation Ideas on the Repeat

• Counter Melody against main melody

Even though it jumps around the neck, it sounds like a scale.

Free Video Lesson For “Silent Night” Available - http://adamrafferty/silent-night

More Intense Harmony

Silent Night - First Time (simple):

Silent Night - Second Time (More INTENSE Harmonies):

http://studywithadam.com Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Adam Rafferty

Happy Holidays to you & your loved ones!

Keep Groovin and Happy Holidays!

A FREE, step by step video lesson walkthrough of this arrangement is

Visit http://adamrafferty.com/silent-night to access the videos instantly!

Free Video Lesson For “Silent Night” Available - http://adamrafferty/silent-night

http://studywithadam.com Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Adam Rafferty

Free Video Lesson For “Silent Night” Available - http://adamrafferty/silent-night

http://studywithadam.com Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Adam Rafferty

Free Video Lesson For “Silent Night” Available - http://adamrafferty/silent-night

http://studywithadam.com Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Adam Rafferty

You’ll Get Solo Guitar Versions of:

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JUMP START AND TURBO CHARGE YOUR GUITAR PLAYING NOW!

Subject: Stevie and I!

"Hey buddy! Wanted you to know I played the All

I gave you complete credit on the mic in front of

I got to play for him

Channeling your style

Hey...You Never Know! Ok...on to the good stuff....

Grab Your Guitar and Start Playing These Incredible

Take a 110 minute lesson with one of the top acoustic

In his friendly and patient teaching style, Adam Rafferty

Also covered are walking bass lines, harp like chords,

You’ll learn SUPERSTITION, I WISH,

No music reading required!

“Adam, just got my DVD man..its so much fun..thanks

I have bought stuff from Adam before in the past and he

Your Friends and Family Will Be Amazed

You’ll learn Isn’t She Lovely, Higher Ground,

Adam’s friendly and patient teaching style

The special “AFRICAN DRUM” Section of the