Auld Lang Syne: Lessonface Teachers Share Their Talents
We all know the song Auld Lang Syne, but do you know what it means? Auld Lang Syne roughly translates from Lowland Scottish to ‘old times since’, or in other words, the good old days. This is fitting, because Lowland Scottish, a completely different language from Scottish Gaelic, has been obsolete since the 18th-century, other than being preserved in this classic song.
The phrase itself has been around since the 16th-century, or perhaps even earlier since it was an oral tradition passed down until Robert Burns wrote a poem in 1788, which would later become the song we still sing every time one year turns to the next. Every year for centuries, humanity takes the New Year as a chance to not just look forward towards a bright future, but to look back on the good times and warm memories of the year past.
2021 has been difficult for many reasons, but when we look at our talented community of students and teachers on Lessonface that has grown so much in the past year, we can’t help but feel immense gratitude and happiness.Here is the Lessonface rendition of Auld Lang Syne, performed by our brilliant teachers from all over the globe. Since we know it will inspire you, we’ve created free, downloadable sheet music with classic voice, piano, and guitar chords together, plus a special guitar version for TAB and classical notation access as well. Enjoy the video and download the sheet music to play along.
Lessonface Version of Auld Lang Syne
To show off the many talents of teachers on Lessonface, we put out a call for teachers to record themselves playing Auld Lang Syne in the key of F at 105 bpm. Beyond that, their performance and part was entirely up to them — and we were thrilled to see such a wonderful and creative variety of performances for the teachers who participated.
We created instrument groupings from the videos we received and cut together teacher videos to share this fun, entirely virtual performance of Auld Lang Syne to wish all a Happy New Year!
Participating teachers in this montage project include:
Yee-Sik Wong, Recorder & Piano
Willem Moolenbeek, Harmonica
Erika Andres, Flute
David Antonio, Didgeridoo
Sheryl Linch-Parker, Trumpet
Gabriela Weiss, Guitar
Dave Reynolds, Guitar
Leah Kruszewski, Guitar
Cady Finlayson, Violin
Liz Ramirez, Clarinet
Peter Furlong, Voice
Elijah Bogdanov, Guitar
Dmitrijs Mihailovs, Accordion
Jason Fawks, Piano
Dawn Linebarrier, Clarinet
Tim Bischof, Guitar
Gabriele Cento, Guitar
Lígia Silva, Saxophone & Flute
Thanks to all who participated!
Free Sheet Music for Auld Lang Syne
This year play your way through Auld Lang Syne for your friends and family! Download the sheet music with classic voice, piano, and guitar chords together, or choose the special guitar version for TAB and classical notation access as well.
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Elijah Bogdanov
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 3:00pm EST
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This is incredible! We should
This is incredible! We should do that more often! I so much enjoy jamming! It was a blessing!
Happy New Year!
Erika Andres
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 4:43pm EST
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Fantastic!
Happy New Year everyone!!
Tim Bischof
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 6:21pm EST
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This was so much fun, It was
This was so much fun, It was like playing with the cream of the crop. To get into the best band & play with so many skilled musicians to keep you at the top of your game. Happy New Year.
Peter Furlong
Fri, 12/31/2021 - 9:06am EST
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Fantastic
It was such a joy to do and so incredible to see and hear the final product with all the other Lessonface teachers.
Thank you to Kati (and everyone at Lessonface) for all of the hard work put in to make this happen brilliantly.
I think this may be the beginning of a tradition!
Happy New Year everybody!
Mike Mitchell
Fri, 12/31/2021 - 11:41am EST
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Amazing/Impressive/Inspirational
Excellent performances, one and all!
Happy New Year
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