The sheet music for “Ave Maria” is a lead sheet with the chords, melody and lyrics for the song.
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Ave Maria
“Ave Maria” (meaning Hail Mary) is a 1825 song written by Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828).
The original words were from a poem called The Lady of the Lake, written in 1810 by Sir Walter Scott.
Schubert used a German translation of the poem and scored it for piano and voice. It was first published in 1826 as “Ellens dritter Gesang” (Ellen’s third song).
Today it is most widely known in its Latin form, “Ave Maria.”
Sheet Music
The sheet music on this page are lead sheets. A lead sheet is a form of musical notation that cover the essential elements of the song: the melody, the chords and sometimes the lyrics or partial lyrics.
All the lead sheets on this page contain the complete lyrics in Latin for “Ave Maria.”
Lead Sheet in F major
This lead sheet for “Ave Maria” is in the key of F major. It contains the chords, melody and complete lyrics in Latin.
I really like this key on guitar, especially for a duo situation. I’m able to do the intro for solo guitar and then accompany the instrument with decent voicings in the lower register of the guitar.
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Lead Sheet in Bb major
This lead sheet for “Ave Maria” is in the key B-flat major. It contains the chords, melody and complete lyrics in Latin.
Bb major is great if you would like to stick to the original key of song.
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The Lyrics – Latin
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Maria, gratia plena, Maria, gratia plena, Ave, Ave, Dominus, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus, Et benedictus fructus ventris (tui), Ventris tui, Jesus. Ave Maria!
The Lyrics – English
Hail Mary, full of grace, Mary, full of grace, Mary, full of grace, Hail, Hail, the Lord The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed, Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Thy womb, Jesus. Hail Mary! Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Pray, pray for us; Pray for us sinners, Now, and at the hour of our death, The hour of our death. The hour, the hour of our death, The hour of our death. Hail Mary!
For more on Schubert’s “Ave Maria” see this Wikipedia article on it.