Description
Notes From John
Tab only, 3/4 at BPM = 78, with “Capo 3” printed. The chord names are shapes relative to the capo. The guitar rests for the first four bars, then comes in at mp on G. The strum is a quarter-note down stroke followed by four eighths, down-up-down-up, and the part mostly keeps that pattern through the song. Down and up strokes are marked at the start of the sections. The verses at 0:18 and 1:18 move through G, D and Cmaj7. The choruses at 0:55, 1:55 and 2:46 go D, Em, Cmaj7, G and D. The 2:09 solo strums G and D, and the 2:27 half verse goes back to Cmaj7 and G. The 3:00 outro stays on G and ends on a single held G strum under a fermata.
For the player
This is the strum part from the 2008 Peace on Earth studio cut. Put the capo on the 3rd fret before you start. Hit it cold: the guitar rests for four bars, then enters on the downbeat with a G strum, so count the rests and come in at mp. Keep the quarter-and-eighths pattern even through the song. At BPM = 78 the job is the feel.
Strum Guitar Sheet Music for “Silent Night” by Casting Crowns.
