BEGINNER'S GUITAR TABS

This little piece, composed by Franz Gruber, on December 1818, is a world famous one of all times.

You cann't go through this Christmas without playing it.

It's easy enough.

There's also a downloadable midi file, to listen to, at the bottom of this page.

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3/4 time Moderato
Standard tuning: E-B-G-D-A-E

E||--0----2-0--|-----------|--0----2-0--|-----------|--7-----7--|--4-----4--|
B||--2----3-2--|--2--------|--2----3-2--|--2--------|-----------|--5-----3--|
G||------------|--2--------|------------|--2--------|--7-----7--|-----------|
D||------------|--------2--|------------|--------2--|-----------|-----------|
A||--0---------|--0--------|--0---------|--0--------|-----7-----|-----7-----|
E||-----0------|-----0-----|-----0------|-----0-----|--0--------|--0--------|

--5-----5--|--0--------|--2-----2--|--5----4-2--|--0----2-0--|-----------|
-----------|--2--------|--3-----3--|--7----5-3--|--2----3-2--|--2--------|
--6-----6--|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|--2--------|
-----2-----|-----------|--0--------|--0---------|------------|-----------|
--0--------|--0--2--4--|-----0-----|-----0------|--0---------|--0--2--4--|
-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----0------|-----------|

--2-----2--|--5----4-2--|--0----2-0--|-----------|--7-----7--|--10----7----|
--3-----3--|--7----5-3--|--2----3-2--|--2--------|-----------|---0------9--|
-----------|------------|------------|--2--------|--7-----7--|--------7-7--|
--0--------|--0---------|------------|--------2--|-----------|-------------|
-----0-----|-----0------|--0---------|--0--------|-----7-----|------7------|
-----------|------------|-----0------|-----0-----|--0--------|---0---------|

--5-----5--|--9--------|--5----0----|--0---------|--------0--|--5------||
-----------|-----------|------------|---------0--|-----------|--5------||
--6-----6--|--9--------|--6----6-6--|-------7----|--2--------|--6------||
-----------|-----------|---------7--|--6----6-0--|-----2-----|---------||
--0--7-----|--0-----7--|--0--7------|-----7------|--0--------|--0------||
-----------|-----0-----|------------|--0---------|-----------|---------||

Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets

Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

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Silent Night midi file).