Alouette guitar tab
The French-Canadian song in 2/4: the refrain twice, the “je te plumerai” verse, and the refrain to finish.
- Level
- Beginner melody
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 2/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 108
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Alouette
Traditional French-Canadian · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- The refrain, bars 1 to 8, moves between G E E and F D D: the third and first frets of the first string, the open first string, and the third fret and open second string.
- Bars 9 to 12 are the verse on repeated notes: four Ds on the third fret of the second string, then four Es on the open first string.
- Bar 7 climbs C E G G, three strings in a row: second string first fret, open first string, third fret.
About the song
First printed in Montreal in 1879, in a student songbook of McGill College, and sung in French classes everywhere since.
The melody is in the public domain. This arrangement is ours, and you're welcome to download, print and play it for your own practice.
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