How to Play We Wish You a Merry Christmas on a Chromatic Harmonica
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Channel: Kerin Gedge · 2018 · Education
Check out my Instruments on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/shop/keringedge (Paid link) #harmonica #ChristmasSongs #MouthOrgan The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell[1] is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935.[2] That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song".[3] Warrell's arrangement is notable for using "I" instead of "we" in the words; the first line is "I wish you a Merry Christmas". It was subsequently republished in the collection Carols for Choirs (1961), and remains widely performed for more see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas For more advanced Harmonica Lessons check out https://www.youtube.com/user/learntheharmonicahttps://www.youtube.com/user/learntheharmonica You can download my music on Newgrounds here: http://monkeycat.newgrounds.com You can follow me on these awesome Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/Tune-Basics-1245614558861431/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/circleofyoutubers/ And here’s my brother’s Geography Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/iamgedge
