Korobeiniki (the Tetris theme) guitar tab
The Russian folk song the world knows from Tetris, eight bars of eighths and quarters in A minor, all in the first position.
- Level
- Easy melody
- Key
- A minor
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 144
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Korobeiniki (the Tetris theme)
Traditional Russian · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Bar 1 is the figure everyone knows: E B C D C B, the open first string, the open second string and its first and third frets.
- Bar 3 starts with a dotted quarter on the open B; feel the pause before C D E climb back to the open E.
- Bar 5 is the only bar that goes above the open E: D F A G F, with the A at the fifth fret of the first string.
About the song
A Russian folk song with words from Nikolay Nekrasov's poem of 1861, about a pedlar and the girl he courts. Since 1989 it has been the music of Tetris.
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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