Frère Jacques
Frère Jacques in C major: the notation, the chords with shapes for piano, guitar and ukulele, and the note names. Public domain.
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 96
- Author
- traditional
- Written
- France, 18th century at the latest
The notation
Engraving not yet checked by hand. Time signature, key, bar count and the length of every single bar have been checked against the source by machine. Whether every slur and beam is also set the way it is usually set has not yet been reviewed by a musician.
The chords
The note names
C D E C C D E C E F G E F G G A G F E C G A G F E C C G C C G C
About the piece
A round: four voices sing the same tune, each starting two bars later. It works because every bar sits on the same chord — so any voice fits any other, wherever it happens to be.
Public domain. There is no known author, and this engraving is our own — no edition right applies.
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