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About O Tannenbaum

O Tannenbaum is a carol in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Carol
Key
F major · 3/4
Range
C to d · first position
Notes used
C D E F G A B♭
Level
Beginner-friendly

O Tannenbaum — sheet music

F major · 3/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

C | F F F G | A A A A | G A B♭ E G F C | C A d C | C B♭ B♭ B♭ | B♭ G C B♭ B♭ A A C | F F F G | A A A A | G A B♭ E G F

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O Tannenbaum — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

O Tannenbaum — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|---------|---------|---------|
A|---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-1---|
D|---|-3-3-3-5-|---------|-5-----2-|
G|-5-|---------|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----3-|-3-0-5-3-|-3-1-1-1-|-1---3-1-|
D|-5-3---|---------|---------|---5-----|
G|-------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-1-0-0---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-1---|
D|---------|-3-3-3-5-|---------|-5-----2-|
G|-------5-|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|
A|-----|
D|-5-3-|
G|-----|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

O Tannenbaum — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|---------|---------|---------|
A|---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-1---|
D|---|-3-3-3-5-|---------|-5-----2-|
G|-5-|---------|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----3-|-3-0-5-3-|-3-1-1-1-|-1---3-1-|
D|-5-3---|---------|---------|---5-----|
G|-------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-1-0-0---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-1---|
D|---------|-3-3-3-5-|---------|-5-----2-|
G|-------5-|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|
A|-----|
D|-5-3-|
G|-----|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

O Tannenbaum — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|------------|---------|----------|
A|---|------------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-L1---|
D|---|-L2-L2-L2-3-|---------|-3------1-|
G|-3-|------------|---------|----------|
E|---------|-----------|-------------|------------|
A|------L2-|-L2-0-3-L2-|-L2-L1-L1-L1-|-L1---L2-L1-|
D|-3-L2----|-----------|-------------|----3-------|
G|---------|-----------|-------------|------------|
E|----------|------------|---------|----------|
A|-L1-0-0---|------------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-L1---|
D|----------|-L2-L2-L2-3-|---------|-3------1-|
G|--------3-|------------|---------|----------|
E|------|
A|------|
D|-3-L2-|
G|------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

O Tannenbaum — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|---------|---------|---------|
B|---|---------|---------|---------|
G|---|-------0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-3---|
D|---|-3-3-3---|---------|-------2-|
A|-3-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---|---------|---------|---------|
e|-------|---------|---------|---------|
B|-----1-|-1---3-1-|-1-------|-----1---|
G|-0-----|---2-----|---3-3-3-|-3-0---3-|
D|---3---|---------|---------|---------|
A|-------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------|
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-3-2-2---|-------0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-3---|
D|---------|-3-3-3---|---------|-------2-|
A|-------3-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-0---|
D|---3-|
A|-----|
E|-----|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

O Tannenbaum — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-1---|
E|---|-1-1-1---|---------|-------0-|
C|-0-|---------|---------|---------|
G|---|-------0-|---------|-0-------|
A|-----3-|-3-0-5-3-|-3-1-1-1-|-1---3-1-|
E|---1---|---------|---------|---------|
C|-------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-0-----|---------|---------|---0-----|
A|-1-0-0---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|---0-1---|
E|---------|-1-1-1---|---------|-------0-|
C|-------0-|---------|---------|---------|
G|---------|-------0-|---------|-0-------|
A|-----|
E|---1-|
C|-----|
G|-0---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

O Tannenbaum chords

F major · 9 chords: F, C, Gm7, D, Gm, C7, B♭, C7/F, Dm

pickup
F C
F
Gm7 D Gm C
C7 F
F B♭ F
C C7
C7
C7/F F C7
F C
F Dm
Gm7 D Gm C
C7 F

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like C7/F means play C7 with F as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for O Tannenbaum

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FC×Gm7D××Gm3C7×B♭×C7/FDm××

Ukulele chords for O Tannenbaum

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FCGm7DGmC7B♭C7/FDm

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for O Tannenbaum

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FCGm7DGmC7B♭C7/FDm

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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