Kuckuck, Kuckuck (Cuckoo, Cuckoo)

Traditionnel (Autriche) · Level 1 (Novice) · traditional · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A German children’s song: the cuckoo calls from the wood, spring is coming. Words by Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1835) to an Austrian folk tune; the falling third imitates the bird’s call. Arranged in G major: the tune alone in first position, with the chords written above the staff (a second guitarist can strum them).

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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 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.

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Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après l’air populaire autrichien · Public Domain