Find out more about these original fingerpicking arrangements of 9 easy French songs that you can play on your guitar.
Here is a collection of 9 traditional French songs that I have arranged for guitar. You can play these fingerstyle, on classical or steel string guitar.
If you want to download the PDF score for this guitar music, it's available free of charge. All of the arrangements are available right here on the arrangements page.
Au clair de la lune
Pretty much every Francophone and Francophile knows the lyrics to this song.
Auprès de ma blonde
This is a classic French traditional song.
Fais Dodo
A fun song that you can play for your child who won't sleep.
Il était une bergère
This traditional song is a beautiful melody.
Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre
Another song to have fun with.
Un Canadien errant
This is a well known classic French Canadian song composed by Antoine Guérin which talks about the displacement of French Canadians during a period known as the "Grand dérangement".
Une souris verte
This is a popular children's song in the French continent.
