Pop! Goes the Weasel

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

An English dance tune that became a nursery rhyme around 1850, in 6/8: at the “Pop!”, the weasel jumps out. Children jump on that beat. 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.

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Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après l’air traditionnel anglais · Public Domain