Auld Lang Syne

Hi,
The song of the week is 'Auld Lang Syne' in the key of G. We will play this mostly as an instrumental, but perhaps sing a verse and chorus near the end of it.

Progression
The chord progression I use for Auld Lang Syne is:
1155
1144
1155
4411
Each break will run through the progression twice (32 measures in total) so that each instrument gets to play a break based upon the melody for both the verse and the chorus.

Recordings
Bill Keith: key of G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HZZGeXp0mE

David Grisman: key of G:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-HjnZ8PqhA

These arrangements of Auld Lang Syne (once you get past the intro in the first version) make for good examples of what can be done with any number of non-bluegrass songs in 4/4 time to convert them to a bluegrass rhythm and feel. I suggest listening to these back to back with any non-bluegrass versions of the song that you might have in your music collection or that you might bring up on youtube and study closely how they differ in rhythm and feel from the bluegrass versions. In this connection, you might find it interesting to compare the melody sheets attached here for 'Auld Lang Syne' with the melody sheets you will find on the internet if you google "Auld Lang Syne sheet music".

Th chord progression used for Sweet Georgia Brown was:
6      6      6      6
2      2      2      2
5      5      5      5
1      1      1      3
6      6      6      6
2      2      2      2
6m   3      6m   3
1/7   b7/6 2/5   1

In the key of F: 1 = F, 2 = G, 3 = A, 5 = C, 6 = D, b7 = Eb, 7 = E:
D     D     D     D
G     G     G     G
C     C     C     C 
F      F      F     A
D     D     D     D
G     G     G     G
Dm  A     Dm   A
F/E Eb/D G/C  F

Have a merry Christmas!
Jason

Auld Lang Syne - banjo tab
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Auld Lang Syne - guitar tab
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Auld Lang Syne - mandolin tab
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Auld Lang Syne - melody in G
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