Hopp, hopp, hopp, Pferdchen, lauf Galopp (Gee Up, Little Horse)

Carl Gottlieb Hering · Level 1 (Novice) · traditional · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A German children’s song by Carl Gottlieb Hering (1807): gee up, little horse, gallop over stones and bushes! Arranged in G major: the tune alone in first position, with the chords written above the staff (a second guitarist can strum them).

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Play the tune alternating index and middle fingers (i-m); the tab shows the fret of each note. Start in Wait mode, then sing the tune while playing.

More pieces by Carl Gottlieb Hering

• Morgen, Kinder, wird’s was geben (Tomorrow, Children, There’ll Be Presents)

Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après la mélodie de C. G. Hering (1807) · Public Domain