Nov 2025 Challenge

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- December 6, 2025 at 4:23 pm #404462
  cloughie
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  Away In A Manger has two distinct melodies, one tends to be played in the US and the other in the Commonwealth including Aotearoa New Zealand. So my video has both.
  
  Xmas is a hot sunny beach sorta place for us so welcome to my new favorite music place under a tree I planted in 2016 when we moved in and which now provides me with a sweet shady spot in the corner of my garden.
  
  Merry Christmas everyone.
  
  Be kind to yourself (especially when you're trying to play this instrument!)
  Brian Clough
  
  “Got a lotta sinful ideas but they seem kinda sensible” Jim Casy the ex-preacher in The Grapes Of Wrath
- December 6, 2025 at 4:33 pm #404464
  AndréM
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  I was expecting a more jazzy tune from you Brian.
  But this version is beautiful.
  Well played under the shade and with backup singers, lol
  
  AndréM
  
  Merry Christmas
  
  AndréM
- December 6, 2025 at 10:28 pm #404485
  sunjamr
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  Yeh, you’re right. I had not thought about that before, but there are definitely two different versions out there. I caught a few blues licks in there, which was a nice treat. I’m still waiting to hear the funk version.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- December 6, 2025 at 11:11 pm #404488
  JoLa
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  How nice it must be to sit out and chill in your garden on a Christmas day, playing guitar with the birds! Love the arrangement, it sounded lovely with the ambience around. Your playing was so nice and relaxed, what better way to spend a hot day in NZ? Merry Christmas!
  
  🎸JoLa
- December 7, 2025 at 1:13 am #404520
  Dieter
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  Very soulful playing, sounds great.
  
  Dieter
- December 7, 2025 at 6:16 am #404563
  Alan L
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  Great arrangement. Love the lilting country waltz feeling.
- December 7, 2025 at 6:51 am #404573
  JoeD1
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  That was really nice. I like your shady spot too. 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 7, 2025 at 7:47 am #404583
  Guido
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  Is there anything better than playing guitar in a beautiful garden, under the tree with birds chirping in a sunny summer day? Very nice arrangement and rendition of both versions (of course I barely knew one before) , very relaxed and melodic with a nice waltz rhythm!
  
  Guido
- December 7, 2025 at 9:30 am #404597
  Manfred M
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  A Christmas song played in a place where you don’t need mulled wine, but instead hear birds chirping. A special Christmas experience for an European. But very welcome!
  
  Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
  The next Meetup will be at the beginning of next year 2026
  
  A detailed announcement will be posted here in the forum in good time.
  
  I look forward to meet you.
  Manfred
- December 7, 2025 at 10:25 am #404607
  Martin W
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  Nice take on this melodic Christmas classic , and a beautiful setting to play it from .
  , my wife just said ,that sounds nice , I agree with her .
  Happy sunny Christmas to you .
  
  Martin
- December 7, 2025 at 1:52 pm #404649
  James B
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  Great tunes and scenery, Cloughie. Your Takamine sounds great.
  
  James
- December 7, 2025 at 8:00 pm #404689
  Bill
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  Making the most of the shade tree! Nice place to pick a lovely tune. Happy Holidays!
- December 8, 2025 at 7:14 am #404712
  John H
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  And enjoyable listen Cloughie. Well done. Your enjoyment and attachment shine through your performance.
  
  JH
- December 8, 2025 at 7:50 am #404717
  Richard G
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  You certainly picked a great spot to play this iconic number Cloughie. It’s no coincidence that the local magpies come over and chatter in the nearby trees whenever I play guitar in the garden.
  
  Richard
- December 8, 2025 at 10:23 am #404728
  Michael L
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  Hi Cloughie, there’s a beautiful simplicity to your playing here. Sitting under a shade tree in the garden, the birds chirping, and some Christmas picking… all wonderful! We’re a little chillier in the US, but Christmas is Christmas everywhere. A happy one to you!
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