Ihr Kinderlein, kommet (O Come, Little Children)

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz · Level 2 (Beginner) · traditional · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A German Christmas song: words by Christoph von Schmid (1798) to a melody by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1794), originally a spring song. Arranged in D major: the tune in first position, with a thumb bass on the first beat of each bar and at each chord change.

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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 basses (strings 6, 5 and 4) with the thumb and the tune with i and m. When a bass and a melody note fall together, pluck them at the same time and let the bass ring. Practise the tune alone first.

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• Der Mond ist aufgegangen (The Moon Has Risen)

Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après la mélodie de J. A. P. Schulz (1794) · Public Domain