November 2025 Challenge response

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- December 5, 2025 at 1:37 am #403932
  Jonathan Amos
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  Silent Night for acoustic guitar. Very simple but very beautiful. Composed by Franz Gruber in 1818.
  
  Happy Christmas.
  
  Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan
- December 5, 2025 at 5:55 am #403942
  charjo
  Moderator
  Very nice, Jonathan, perfect for the carolers. I appreciate the festive background and Christmas message..
  John
- December 5, 2025 at 9:07 am #403955
  Guido
  Participant
  Brilliant arrangement, combining strummed chords and melody on top, very well played: always a nice combination. Very enjoyable rendition in very nice Xmas atmosphere!
  
  Guido
  - December 5, 2025 at 5:10 pm #404092
    Jonathan Amos
    Participant
    Brian combined the chords and melody with Angels on High which inspired me to do the same with Silent Night. The melody happened to suit D major on guitar and was pretty simple to work out though, as usual, not so easy to get it right in front of the camera!
    
    Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan
- December 5, 2025 at 9:26 am #403959
  AndréM
  Participant
  Jonathan very nice.
  I love your big Gibson,sounds nice.
  
  AndréM
  
  AndréM
- December 5, 2025 at 12:29 pm #404006
  Alan L
  Participant
  I love how the melody is nestled into that commanding strum pattern. And the waltz feel gives a peppy energy to a normally mellow tune. Bravo! 👏
- December 5, 2025 at 1:26 pm #404014
  sunjamr
  Participant
  Very cool! It kind of reminds me of a harpsichord sound.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
  - December 5, 2025 at 5:18 pm #404094
    Jonathan Amos
    Participant
    Yes, it might be closer to a harpsichord sound than a guitar! Good comment! But that was not the intention, I envy others this month whose guitars sound like guitars made in heaven. I used a Rhode Videomic GoII with camcorder two metres away from the guitar which I think is the reason for the poor sound. It seems my camcorder is not capable of recording high quality musical audio. I guess next time I’ll have to use a condenser mic plugged into my Tascam Model 12 recorder, import that into Clipchamp with the video and sync the two to get a better sound. More work but worth the effort, I think.
    
    Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan
- December 5, 2025 at 1:34 pm #404016
  JoeD1
  Participant
  Nicely played…and yes, simple but beautiful. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  
  Joe
  
  The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
  Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
  --Graeme Edge
- December 5, 2025 at 2:11 pm #404028
  Reuben B
  Participant
  Great rendition of such classic Christmas song. Great strumming with the melody living in it, Merry Christmas!
- December 5, 2025 at 2:34 pm #404046
  Werner
  Participant
  Nice contribution. I love how you managed to get the melody out of the chords. I will work on this technique. Thank you
  
  Werner
- December 5, 2025 at 3:10 pm #404068
  JoLa
  Participant
  Love this style of playing the melody but at the same time find it very hard to do. Your Silent Night sounded so full, upbeat and clear, simply perfect and very – VERY – well played. Even the tree is up and ready, Merry Christmas!
  
  🎸JoLa
- December 5, 2025 at 5:43 pm #404100
  Michael L
  Participant
  Hi Jonathan, Happy Christmas! This sounds really lovely. The melody sings above the chords very clearly and your strumming pace is right on. I really enjoyed it!
- December 5, 2025 at 6:08 pm #404123
  John H
  Participant
  Well done Jonathan. Beautiful. Love the Gibson tone. Put me in the holiday spirit.
  
  JH
- December 5, 2025 at 6:24 pm #404138
  Bill
  Participant
  Nice rendition Jonathan. I like the droning effect playing the full chords gave to the piece, and of course the big sound from your Gibson. Happy Holidays!
- December 6, 2025 at 2:01 am #404213
  Manfred M
  Participant
  So no distorted Christmas sounds after all, Jonathan. But I like your strumming chords on your well-sounding acoustic and enjoyed how you let the beautiful melody stand out clearly while you strummed. I like that kind of playing. Merry Christmas to you, too.
  
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- December 6, 2025 at 3:52 am #404231
  Martin W
  Participant
  Nice one Jonathan, I like the way you brought that melody to life within the chord structure
  Which is a fine skill to master .
  Lush full tone from the Gibson .
  Happy Christmas to you .
  
  Martin
- December 6, 2025 at 4:15 am #404235
  Denise
  Participant
  Simple but beautiful. I like how you played the melody within the chords.
  Very well performed.
  Merry Christmas to you, too.
  Denise
  
  More Blues!
- December 6, 2025 at 5:38 am #404259
  Andy N
  Participant
  That’s an excellent choice it sounds like the kind of Christmas song the family could gather around, sing and enjoy. Big open sound from your gabby there and you cleanly picked out the melody so it sounded like two players,
  Have a great Christmas and New Year
  Andy
- December 7, 2025 at 12:05 am #404489
  Dieter
  Participant
  Very nice.
  
  Dieter
- December 7, 2025 at 12:45 pm #404621
  Juxi
  Participant
  Merry Christmas to you, too, Jonathan. Great classical rendition of Silent Night. Well done. 👍🏽👍🏽👋🏽
  
  Bluesige Grüße
  Juxi
- December 7, 2025 at 4:43 pm #404671
  Alan O
  Participant
  That was a beautiful version of Silent Night! I like how you picked the melody out of the chords/embellishments.
  
  Alan
- December 8, 2025 at 3:12 pm #404750
  James B
  Participant
  Merry Christmas, Jonathan. Very nice acoustic arrangement. 🎄
  
  James
- December 9, 2025 at 11:37 am #404794
  Paul S.
  Participant
  It is a beautiful song, and you did it beautifully.
  I did this very same piece on my acoustic, but in C instead of D.
  Your big instrument gave it a lot of depth, too,
  
  And happy holidays to you, too.
- December 13, 2025 at 11:11 am #405009
  Catherine Arsenault
  Participant
  Beautifully played Jonathan!!!
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