Christmas Sheet Music
What Child is This

Christmas sheet music for your guitar students. Download these free Christmas songs, Greensleeves or What Child is This, in two keys, with two different melodies.

This is a perfect song for fingerpicking, since the pattern Thumb-index-middle-ring-middle-index (p-i-m-a-m-i) fits the beat pattern with no left-over fingers or beats (1-2-3-4-5-6).

It is a good one for a guitar student who has mastered a simpler song such as Down in the Valley, and has since moved on to trickier chords such as Bm.

There are more chord choices, perhaps, in my versions of Greensleeves than are usually suggested. Try them out and eliminate any you don't care for -- in the Am version, the F chord can definitely be left out. (Most kids hate that chord!)




Download and print free guitar sheet music What Child is This in Am

Download guitar tabs for What Child is This in Em

The key of Am, despite the difficult F chord, is easy to play in. But it isn't so easy for many people to sing in! Also, most piano versions, and the key in which this song will be sung in at church, happen to be in the key of Em. Therefore I have offered this free Christmas sheet music in both keys.

The tab for guitar is a little tricky in Em, if only because the 4th fret is used. I have arranged a slighty altered version of the melody that is perhaps closer to the original piece as it would have sounded with a lute, or even a harp that has no levers for accidentals. The melody below is also an easier one for beginning violin players to use, since it does not require the left hand 4 finger on a violin (in fact I arranged it for a young fiddle player originally):




Download Greensleeves with lute-like melody in Em

Download Greensleeves with lute-like melody in Am

I hope you enjoy using this printable Christmas sheet music!