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In the Hall of the Mountain King: guitar chords and tab for beginners

Peer Gynt, 1875

In the Hall of the Mountain King

by Edvard Grieg

Tempo: 138beats per minute
Count: 4beats in each bar
Key: A minorthe home note
Level: 1 of 3easiest

Bar 1:1 of 8Tap play to turn sound on

Speed 100%Slower is fine. Start at 60%.

Key A minor

Higher or lower, to match a voice.

Tempo138beats per minute right now

RepeatStart over when the song ends.

Level 1. Strum one chord per beat. Start here.

Chord names above, strum arrows below. Down arrow = strum down toward the floor, up arrow = back up.

Where your fingers go● press here · the number is which finger

Hold this chord

Coming up: E

Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Space bar plays and pauses. Left and right arrows jump a bar.

The chords

The chords in In the Hall of the Mountain King

2 chords, all open shapes: Am, E. 4 beats in each bar, 138 beats per minute, in A minor.

About the song

Grieg wrote this for a play in 1875 and it has been the sound of sneaking around ever since. The tune climbs the same six notes over and over, which makes it a perfect first melody: your fingers learn one shape and repeat it higher up the neck.

In the Hall of the Mountain King: guitar chords and tab for beginners