Hey guys, with Christmas coming soon, I thought it would be cool to share with you one of the most beautiful Christmas Carol called “O Holy Night.”

In this fingerstyle arrangement, we will take a look at O Holy Night played in the key of G major. I did my best to arrange the song as simple as possible. I am not sure, though, whether we could call this arrangement easy or not.

The rhythm and the chords are pretty basic without too many harmonic and melodic embellishments. Christmas is in a month, so I was going with something that would be easy-ish to play.

As you will see, most of the notes of the melody are played within the chords. The G major key is perfect for this song as we can benefit from playing simple and familiar chords.

The tab is written in 6/8 (six notes per measure) in what we call a “waltz-feel” tempo. However, the song is mostly played with “Free tempo.” This way of playing allows you to interpret the song without following a steady rhythm. Free tempo is also known as “Rubato” or “Stolen Time.”

Enjoy the lesson.