Coventry Carol
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The “Coventry Carol” is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. Loreena McKennitt’s version is my favorite and you can find my arrangement of her performance here.
I love the sound of voices forming one single chord. My inspiration was various baroque choirs performing this and many other traditional English Christmas carols.
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Gear Used
For this piece, I used my Cordoba GK Studio guitar. It’s a crystal clear and beautiful sounding guitar. You can find a list of my current gear here.
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(This playlist is curated and updated by me. It’s music that I’ve played and intend to play on Intellimusica. It flows beautifully — and additionally works as music for focus, meditation, and self-reflection.)
How to play Coventry Carol for classical guitar, by Evan Handyside
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The guitar tab for this arrangement is beautifully written across 2 pages. I recommend it for intermediate guitar players and up. While I try to create with the minimum effective notes, I feel this is best suited for slightly experienced guitar players. Enjoy, the guitar tab is available below:
The guitar tab is two pages long and beautifully written.
My order of play look like this in accordance with the guitar tab:
Intro, Verse 1, Verse 2
Intro, Verse 1, Verse 2.
Coventry Carol – Evan Handyside (classical guitar)
Coventry Carol is played in standard tuning with a capo on the 2nd fret. Although, you can play it sans-capo, or in any fretboard position you’d like.
