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Silent Night — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Silent Night

Silent Night is a carol in C major — beginner-friendly, running from C to f and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Silent Night — sheet music

C 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

G A G | E | G A G | E d d | B | C C | G A A | C B A | G A G | E A A | C B A | G A G | E d d | f d B | C | e C G E | G F D | C

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Silent Night — tab

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

Silent Night — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Silent Night — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Silent Night — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Silent Night — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Silent Night — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---0---|---|---0---|---|
E|-------|-0-|-------|-0-|
C|-------|---|-------|---|
G|-0---0-|---|-0---0-|---|
A|-5-5-|-2-|-3-3-|---|
E|-----|---|-----|---|
C|-----|---|-----|---|
G|-----|---|-----|-0-|
A|-0-0-|-3-2-0-|---0---|---|
E|-----|-------|-------|-0-|
C|-----|-------|-------|---|
G|-----|-------|-0---0-|---|
A|-0-0-|-3-2-0-|---0---|---|
E|-----|-------|-------|-0-|
C|-----|-------|-------|---|
G|-----|-------|-0---0-|---|
A|-5-5-|-8-5-2-|-3-|-7-|
E|-----|-------|---|---|
C|-----|-------|---|---|
G|-----|-------|---|---|
A|-3-----|-------|---|
E|-----0-|---1---|---|
C|-------|-----2-|-0-|
G|---0---|-0-----|---|

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

Silent Night chords

C major · 7 chords: C, G7, F, G♯dim, Am7, D7, C/G

C
C
C
C
G7
G7
C
C
F
F
C
C
F
F
C
C
G7
G♯dim
Am7
D7
C/G
G7
C

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 C/G means play C with G as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Silent Night

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

C×G7FG♯dim××Am7×D7××C/G5××

Ukulele chords for Silent Night

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

CG7FG♯dimAm7D7C/G

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Silent Night

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

CG7FG♯dimAm7D7C/G

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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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