The variety of Christmas songs and Carols provides a fertile ground for fingerstyle guitarists. At the same time the familiarity of these tunes requires the guitarist to explore creative approaches in order to bring newtexturesand meanings to these timeless melodies.

Employing various tunings, unusual chord voicings, counterpoint lines, alternating bass, arpeggio techniques and lost more, El McMeen explains his arrangements of Christmasfavouritesthat range from Jingle Bells, a...