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.