Public-domain song
Auld Lang Syne
- Key signature
- 1 flat: B♭
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Origin
- The Scottish tune as printed in 1799.
Public domain: a traditional tune, first published in 1799.
Written out here note by note as a melody only: no lyrics and no accompaniment.
The two parts
Part 1
The phrase people know, short enough to learn in a sitting.
- Length
- 5 bars, 14 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 70
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Range
- C4 to D5
- Note values
- dotted half notes, dotted quarter notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Part 2: the complete song
The whole tune: its melody once through to its end, without the repeats a performance would add.
- Length
- 17 bars, 56 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 80
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Range
- C4 to F5
- Note values
- dotted half notes, dotted quarter notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Earn a star on the first part to open the complete song.
Lessons that use this song
Each of these lessons opens the first part.