Song facts
- Original key
- F major
- Type
- Celebration song
- Music
- Traditional Scottish melody (traditional)
- Original lyrics
- Robert Burns (died 1796)
- First published
- 1799
Public-domain songs · Celebration song instrumental
Auld Lang Syne
Play the Auld Lang Syne instrumental in the original key of F major, or from 3 semitones lower to 2 higher. Made by MR Maker from a public-domain score.
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Backing track by key
The original key is F major. If it sits too high or too low for your voice, try the shifted versions and pick the one you can sing comfortably.
3 semitones lower (D major)
2 semitones lower (E♭ major)
Original key (F major)
2 semitones higher (G major)
About this song
Robert Burns sent his Scots poem to the Scots Musical Museum in 1788, set to a different air. The pentatonic melody heard today is a separate Scottish folk tune, first documented with his words in George Thomson's Select Songs of Scotland in 1799, and it was probably once a quicker dance. Scots sing it at midnight on Hogmanay, joining hands in a circle. In Korea the melody carried the national anthem from 1919 until 1948. It is usually written in F major, 4/4.
Rights
The melody is in the public domain (first published 1799). MR Maker made this accompaniment from a public-domain score. It contains no lyrics, translations or third-party recordings.
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