Auld Lang Syne
Created | Updated Jul 31, 2006
Auld Lang Syne is a Scottish tune with words from a poem by Robert Burns. See the Wikipedia for more information.
Other tunes in this series can be found listed on the Toots of the Whistle page of the Guide.
This abc-rendition is transposed for the pennywhistle, tuned to the key of D. Copy and paste the abc-code, shown below, into your own text file and then process the file using the abc-tool of your choice. Free abc utilities are available that will convert the code to a MIDI file, to Adobe PostScript, and to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) suitable for printing the sheet music. As an alternative, it is possible to read the abc-code direct and play it on your favourite instrument.
X:13455218
T:Auld Lang Syne
T:--h2g2 article A13455218--
L:1/8
S:Scottish
C:Robert Burns
N:pennywhistle, tinwhistle, tin, penny, whistle
N:flageolet, fipple, flute, feadog
Z:Rendered 20060730 by H2G2 U107221 for the pennywhistle keyed in D.
F:Auld-Lang-Syne-H2G2-A
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
"^Pennywhistle in D"
D2 G2 G2< G2 | B2 A2> G2 A2 | BA G3 G B2 | d2 e3 z e2 |
d2> B2 B2 G2 | A2> G2 A2 BA | G3 E E2 D2 | G4-G2 z2 ||
e2 d2> B2 B2 | G2 A2> G2 A2 | Bc d2> B2 B2 | d2 e3 z e2 |
d2> B2 B2 G2 | A2> G2 A2 BA | G2> E2 E2 D2 | G4-G2 z2 |]