Auld Lang Syne
Traditional · 1700s · Traditional Scottish tune; words by Robert Burns, 1788
Sing Auld Lang Syne with pitch feedback
“Auld Lang Syne” is transcribed here with its tonic on C4 at 100 bpm in 4 beats to the bar. The 14 notes span G3 to A4 — 14 semitones — which rates Hard to sing, and a full 4-pass session runs about 0:38.
14 semitones as transcribed. The practice room transposes it to sit in your own range.
- One time through
- 0:10 at 100 bpm
- A full session
- 0:38 — 4 passes
- Leaps of a third or more
- 4
Auld Lang Syne lyrics, as transcribed here
- Should auld acquaintance be forgot
- and never brought to mind?
The songbook transcribes the opening phrase rather than the whole song, because 4 tight repetitions of a phrase you can hear yourself improve on beats one distracted run at the full thing.
Origin and copyright status
Robert Burns wrote the verses in 1788 and died in 1796; the melody is an older traditional Scottish air. Both are long out of copyright.
- Attribution
- Traditional Scottish tune; words by Robert Burns, 1788
- Language
- English
Every melody in the songbook is public domain, which is why the whole thing can be sung in a browser without a licence. A specific recording or arrangement of the same tune can still be under copyright — this is our own transcription of the melody.
Genre, era and what it drills
Tags describe what the melody asks of a voice, not what it sounds like — “traditional” is the reason to pick it on a given day.