Morning Has Broken

Hymn
First published in 1931
Words by the American writer Eleanor Farjeon

First lines in the song:
Morning has broken
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.

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Morning Has Broken - guitar tab, notes, chords and lyrics

“Morning Has Broken” is a funeral hymn from the 1930s. Although it may be more known as a song recorded 1971 by Cat Stevens. The lyrics is written by Eleanor Farjeon and based on the hymn “Bunessan”, which is believed to originate from an older Irish melody.

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Tips on how to learn this song

The melody is arranged to be played in open position (open strings and the first three frets). This demands little movement of the fretting hand. The challenge may be shifting between the four middle strings (notice that the highest and lowest strings aren't involved). In the 11th and 23th bars, the notes will ring out for two bars (they should only be played once).

Key, time, tuning and tempo

Information about "Morning Has Broken" considering musical key, time signature, tuning and bpm.

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KEY

Morning Has Broken is played in the key of C.

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Time signature

The song is played in 3/4 tempo (counted one, two, three for each measure).

Tuning overview

Tuning

The song is normally played in standard tuning (EADGBE).

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Tempo (BPM)

The tempo in beats per minute is 110 for the presented version.

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