O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) guitar tab
O Tannenbaum in G and 3/4: the familiar first phrase, the middle phrase that climbs, and the first phrase again.
- Level
- Easy melody
- Key
- G major
- Time
- 3/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 100
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
Traditional German · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Bar 1 is an introduction: a low G, a B and the pickup D on the open fourth string. The three notes that begin each line, G G G, are the open third string.
- The F♯ in bars 4 and 12 is the fourth fret of the fourth string, under the word “tree”.
- Bars 6 to 9 are the middle phrase on the top two strings: it starts with D on the third fret of the second string and reaches the open high E in bar 6.
About the song
A German folk tune. Ernst Anschütz wrote the Christmas words in 1824 in Leipzig, to a melody already sung to other words.
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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