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If you’ve wanted to learn how to play Auld Lang Syne on guitar, look no further! This easy free video song lesson from Muriel Anderson with tab and notation will show you everything you need to know in order play this famous song. Learning how to play Auld Lang Syne on guitar is perfect for the holiday season, especially New Years Eve, so grab that six string, dig in, and be a hit at your next party!

Auld Lang Syne is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations and as a farewell or ending to other occasions.

For the Auld Lang Syne guitar lesson, Muriel goes over two basic approaches that can be used for many tunes. First, you’ll look at a simple chord melody in which we’ll play the chords and find each melody note as the top voice of the chords. Then you’ll work on a fingerpicking arrangement that uses a similar approach, playing the alternating bass for each chord with the thumb and finding the melody notes on top, played with the fingers of the right hand.

If you dig this free guitar lesson, be sure to also check out Muriel Anderson’s full Essentials: Fingerstyle Guitar course, which contains many more in-depth lessons just like this one.

How to Play Auld Lang Syne on Guitar: Overview

How to Play Auld Lang Syne on Guitar: Performance

How to Play Auld Lang Syne on Guitar: Breakdown

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If you enjoyed this fingerstyle guitar lesson, check out Muriel Anderson’s Essentials: Fingerstyle Guitar course, which has many more great guitar lessons with tab and notation.

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