Ep112 Please Come Home for Christmas | How Does This Song Work?

“Please Come Home for Christmas” by The Eagles includes some
interesting twists and turns that leave your average guitarist
wondering how the seemingly unrelated chords sound so good
together. In this free guitar lesson, I explain how the song
makes use of composition techniques such as chromatic voice
leading and secondary dominants to create a soulful, rhythm and
blues, Christmas classic. I explain everything from counting the
12/8 time signature to using the major pentatonic scale featured
during the guitar solo. Instead of showing the specific guitar
parts played in the song, I give you a general overview of the
music by explaining the basic chords, song structure, and music
theory. I position the chords in my version a little differently
from the recording in order to make it easier for you to see the
musical movement on the guitar fretboard.


CHORDS AND TABLATURE
https://www.guitarmusictheory.com/please-come-home-for-christmas-how-does-this-song-work/


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