ptabIn The Bleak Midwinter Mark HansonYuletide GuitarËChristina RossettiGustav Holst {1874 - 1934} Mark HansonCraig Rogers {Tellurian}craigrogers706@hotmail.comÿ In The Bleak Midwinter Christina Rossetti In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron, water like stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ. Enough for Him, whom cherubim, worship night and day Breast full of milk, and a manger full of hay Enough for Him, whom angels fall before The ox and ass and camel which adore. Angels and archangels may have gathered there Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air But His mother only, in her maiden bliss Worshipped the beloved with a kiss. What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part Yet what I can give Him: give my heart.ÿØ This is one of my favorite Christmas carols. It was written by Gustav Holst, perhaps best known as the composer of the symphonic piece, "The Planets." The first two times through, I play it in the key of C, despite the tuning {dropped D}, I save the low-D bass note until the key change at measure 33. Finger the D chord in measure 34 with the index finger on the first string, middle on the second, and ring on the fourth. In this measure, try to sustain the fourth string note {F#} while the index and little fingers fret the following chord: The 3rd and 5th frets of the two treble strings. In measure 36, fret the sixth string with your middle finger. The first chord in measure 43 requires a big stretch. It may be easier for you if you fret the sixth and first strings on the first beat, waiting for a moment to fret the fourth string with your middle finger. The third harmonic in measure 51 is the tricky one. You can get it at one or two places: as a right hand harmonic at the 17th fret, with the left hand fretting the 5th fret; or, if you can't manage that, as a natural harmonic at the 2 - 1/3 fret of the fifth string. You must pick that string hard to produce that harmonic. 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