Introduction
Christmas is a festive season and a time for family gatherings and celebrations. During these social gatherings, Christmas songs are always played or sung. They add to the festive spirit and nostalgia of the season whether someone plays Christmas songs on the piano or with a guitar or just playing out Christmas songs from a record player.
Step 1
Choosing the right Christmas song should not be too hard as there are plenty of Christmas songs that you can play with or without an instrument. You can choose classic pieces to play such as "O Christmas Tree," "Silent Night," "Holy Night," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and so on.
Step 2
You can also opt for modern types of Christmas songs such as Last Christmas originally sung by the now defunct duo, Wham. There are many versions of this song that you can just put up on a record player or through your musical docking stations for everyone to enjoy. You can even mute the lyrics and sing along before or after Christmas dinner. Another Christmas song is, "Do They Know Its Christmas Time?", a song written by Bob Geldof for Live Aid in 1984.
Step 3
If you are going to sing Christmas songs alone accompanied by a manual guitar, you begin by pulling out the notes from the chord book. Find songs that are easy to play without putting a stress on you. Video sites such as YouTube have several clippings of guitar lessons for Christmas songs that can be played using 3 chords, simple pieces that will add sparkle to your holiday parties and gatherings. New free guitar lessons is an example of a website where you can learn to play the guitar and other musical instruments you can use for your Christmas songs such as a banjo and a ukulele. There is even a section dedicated to Christmas songs such as "Jingle Bells" and "Mary Boy Child."
Step 4
Take out your keyboards and digital pianos and start practicing a few Christmas songs. The great thing about electric keyboards is that you can find Christmas songs that are already prerecorded and all you have to do is play these while you sing Christmas songs. You can also add special effects to your Christmas songs by including synthesizers or drums while you hit the keyboard giving a different twist to the sound.
Step 5
However, if you want to play a piece that you learned yourself, start practicing early and if it turns out bad, you can always use a recorded piece of yourself playing Christmas songs at your homes or at someones place.
Tips
Have a look at special websites where you can listen to Christmas songs such as AOL Radio, Accuholidays, Web Radio-FM, and Christmas Radio. These sites are dedicated to playing Christmas songs and the best part is, they are free to use. You can find inspirations on these websites to identify classic or modern Christmas songs to play for your next Christmas party. Get the lyrics of songs so that everyone can sing along when you play those Christmas songs.
