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Here's how I play "Wśród nocnej ciszy".
If you would like to play it this way, check out the video and tabs below; but first, put on your earphones and have a listen:
Wśród nocnej ciszy
Now let's focus on the first part of this song which starts out as an introduction, but continues on to serve as the accompaniment for at least half the song. Mazowsze does it differently, by the way -- in fact, everyone does it differently. I used a keyboard for the melody to spare you the pain of listening to me sing.
Here is a closeup view of the fingering:
Wśród nocnej ciszy
Performer by the Mazowsze Choir
Key of B♭
.Guitar capo position: 3rd fret
G / / / Am7 / D7 / G / / / G / / /
Wśród nocnej ciszy
G / / / Am7 / D7 / G / / / D7 / / /
głos się rozchodzi:
G / / / Am7 / D7 / G / / / G / / /
Wstańcie, pasterze,
G / / / Am7 / D7 / G / / / D7 / / /
Bóg się wam rodzi!
G Em Am7 D7
Czym prędzej się wybierajcie,
G Em Am7 D7
Do Betlejem pospieszajcie
G Em Am7 G
Przywitać Pana.
2) Poszli, znaleźli Dzieciątko w żłobie
Z wszystkimi znaki danymi sobie.
Jako Bogu cześć Mu dali,
A witając zawołali
Z wielkiej radości.
3) “Ach, witaj, Zbawco z dawna żądany,
Tyle tysięcy lat wyglądany!
Na Ciebie króle, prorocy
Czekali, a Tyś tej nocy
Nam się objawił.”
4) I my czekamy na Ciebie, Pana,
A skoro przyjdziesz na głos kapłana.
Padniemy na twarz przed Tobą
Wierząc, żeś jest pod osłoną
Chleba i Wina.
Source: M.Mioduszewski's
Church Hymnal, 1853
Kolędy i Pastorałki / Favorite Polish Christmas Carols
A
Good
List of Polish
Christmas Songs
(Includes lyrics, guitar
chords, audio and video)
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G
Em
Guitar Demonstration Video
And here is the tablature for the beginning of "Wśród nocnej ciszy" :
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|--------------3--------|-------------3--------|--------------1--------|----------------3-----|
|--------0---------0---|--------0--------0---|---------0--------0----------------0----------
|---5-------------------|---4------------------|---2-------------------|----- -4--------------|
|------------------------|---------------------- ----------------------------5-------------------
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t i m i t i m i t i m i t t i m
Play the above guitar tabs for the intro and the first two lines of each verse:
Wśród nocnej ciszy głos się rozchodzi:
Wstańcie, pasterze, Bóg się wam rodzi!
Frankly, you could play this pattern throughout the entire song, but that might be boring. Here are the rest of the tabs:
Then, play this for the snappy part of the song:
Czym prędzej się wybierajcie
Do Betlejem pospieszajcie
Finally, here's the last part:
<------ IMPORTANT: Keep index finger on this string at all times. Slide up and down between frets.
G Em Am7 D
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|-----------0---------|-----------0----------|----------1----------|----------------1-----|
|----------------0----|-----------------0----|---------------0----------------2-----------
|-----------0---------|-----------0----------|----------2---------------0-----------------
|----------------------|---------------------------0----------------------------------------
-----3---------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------
i i i i
t t m t t m t t m t t m
G Em Am7 D G
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|-----------------0--|-----------------0--------------------1-------------------1--------------0------------
|--------------0-----|-------------0---------------------0----------------- 2------------------0-------------
|----------0---------|---------0---------------------2-----------------0-------------------------------------
|---------------------|--------------------------0--------------------------------------------------------------
-----3--------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------0-------------
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And here is another way to play Wśród nocnej ciszy
Chords: C Am7 F G
Polonia Music
Regular Tempo
Extra Slow
C
F6
Am7
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