{"id":392,"date":"2020-01-01T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ronpulcer.com\/music\/blog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2022-05-17T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:31:53","slug":"auld-lang-syne-guitar-melody-key-of-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ronpulcer.com\/music\/blog\/2020\/01\/01\/auld-lang-syne-guitar-melody-key-of-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Auld Lang Syne: Guitar melody, key of E"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Happy New Year!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This song is often sung and played on New Year’s Eve, while looking back at past year, and looking forward to New Year. Auld Lang Syne is based on a poem by Robert Burns and is a Scots folk tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auld Lang Syne uses predominantly a pentatonic (5-note) major scale. In the key of E, that would be the notes E, F#, G#, B and C#. In this arrangement, in the opening phrase a D# note note appears, but is mainly an embellishment to the pentatonic scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auld Lang Syne can be harmonized with three chords. In the key of E, this is E Major, A Major and B7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best wishes in the New Year! Keep on strumming and learning guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n