Hot Cross Buns guitar tab
Three notes, E, D and C, on the top two strings. The simplest tune in the library, and a first go at eighth notes.
- Level
- Beginner melody
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 100
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Hot Cross Buns
Traditional · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- The whole tune uses three notes: the open first string, then the third and first frets of the second string.
- Bar 3, “one a penny, two a penny”, is eight eighth notes: four Cs and then four Ds. Count “one and two and” and keep them even.
- Bars 5 to 8 repeat bars 1 to 4, so once the first half is steady you have the whole song.
About the song
An English street cry for the spiced buns sold at Easter, printed as a rhyme by the end of the 18th century.
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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