Silent Night - Franz Gruber (1787-1863) - arr. Frank Perkins (2019) https://www.frankperkins.co.uk/music - frank@frankperkins.co.uk see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 7 November 2020 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/gruber_silent_night_2.mid audio: https://soundcloud.com/weed-49/silent-night - Frank Perkins tuning: DADGBE key: D major time: 6/4 tempo: 80 bpm (quarter notes) Placido (tranquil, quiet, calm) arp. 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-7=======7===3=======3===|-5=======5---2=======2---|-3=======3---0-------0---| B|---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------0---0-----|---5---5---5-0-0---0-----| G|-----0-----------0-------|-----6-----------0-------|-----4-------0---0-------| D|-------------------------|-------------0===========|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-0===========------------|-0===========4===========| D|-5===========2===========|-------------------------|-------------------------| 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 1 3 c2__________ arp.arp. arp.arp. 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|----------14-14----------|-5=====7-5---2=======2---|-5=====7-5---------------| B|--------12---12----------|-----7---0---5=======2---|-----7---0---7-------0---| G|------11-----11----------|---6-----0---2-----2-----|---6-----0---6-----6---6=| D|-----0-------------------|-----------------0-------|-------------4---4-----4=| A|---0---------------------|---------0-----0-------0-|---------0-----0---------| D|-0=======================|-0=======----0===========|-0=======----0===========| 4 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 mp 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------7-9-10|-12======12==9=======9===|-10======10==5===========| B|---------------8-10------|-----------0-----8-----8-|-0-0---0---0-3=======0-2-| G|=============------------|-------9-------9---9-----|-0---0-------------------| D|=============------------|-----11------7=======8---|-0===========4=====4-----| A|-------------------------|---10----10--------------|-----------------0-------| D|=============------------|-0===========------------|---------------0---------| 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 cresc. f mf 2 2 c2__________ arp. arp. 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-7=======7===10====9-7===|-5=====7-5---2=======2---|-7=======7===10====9-----| B|---0---0---0---0-------0-|-3-3---------5=======2---|---0---0---0---0-----12==| G|-----0-----------0-------|-4===4-7-6---2=====2---2-|-----0-----------0-----0-| D|-------------0===========|-4=====----------0-------|-------------0===========| A|-------------------------|---------------0---------|-------------------------| D|-5===========------------|-------------0===========|-5===========------------| 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 1 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 F. F. arp. arp. arp. arp. 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----0-----0-------0-----|12======12==15====12\9===|10======10--14=======14=| B|-10===12-10==7=======7---|--0---0-----0-0----------|0-0---0---0-12-12-12-12=| G|---0-------0---0---------|----0----12-12=12-12\9---|0---0-------11---11--11=| D|-11---12-11------7-------|11------11--11====-----8-|0===========0========0==| A|-------------5===========|------------0============|------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mp cresc. mf F. 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|=============10------5---|-3---0=======--------0---|-----------------------5=| B|=============--10--7-0-0-|-0---0=======------0-----|-7-----5=====--------0===| G|=============------0-0---|-0---0=======----0-----0-|-6-----6=====------6=====| D|=============------------|-------------------------|-5-----5=====----4=======| A|-------------0===9-7-0===|-4===========--0---------|-0===========--5=========| D|-------------------------|-------------0===========|-------------0===========| 4 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 mp pp 1 1 arp. 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|=======14----------------|| B|=======12----------------|| G|=======11----------------|| D|=======0-----------------|| A|=======------------------|| D|=========================|| Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Silent Night' (German: 'Stille Nacht') is a popular Christmas carol composed in 1818 by schoolmaster and organist Franz Xaver Gruber, to lyrics by a young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, whose parish was in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in Austria. The carol was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at the parish church of St Nicholas in Oberndorf. left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger (forefinger) 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger (pinky) === - notes held, length of notes \ - slide the note down arp. - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note bpm - beats per minute c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret cresc. - growing louder, becoming gradually louder f - forte - loud F. - Fermata - pause, notes held for longer than their value mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud mp - mezzopiano - moderately quiet poco - a little (poco rall. - slowing down a little) pp - pianissimo - very soft rall. - rallentando - slowing down (sometimes becoming gradually softer) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com