Brahms’ Lullaby
Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder. Starts F♯ F♯ A F♯ F♯ A.
The notes
Key: D major.
F♯F♯AF♯F♯AF♯ADC♯BBAEF♯GEEF♯GEGC♯BAC♯DDD
DBGAF♯DGABADDDDBGAF♯DGF♯ED
- Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- C♯covered: 1, 2
- Dcovered: 2
Key: C major.
EEGEEGEGCBAAGDEFDDEFDFBAGBCCC
CAFGECFGAGCCCCAFGECFEDC
- Ccovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
Key: E♭ major (the original key).
GGB♭GGB♭GB♭E♭DCCB♭FGA♭FFGA♭FA♭DCB♭DE♭E♭E♭
E♭CA♭B♭GE♭A♭B♭CB♭E♭E♭E♭E♭CA♭B♭GE♭A♭GFE♭
- E♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, half 6
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- A♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 4, 5, half 6
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- E♭covered: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Key: F major.
AACAACACFEDDCGAB♭GGAB♭GB♭EDCEFFF
FDB♭CAFB♭CDCFFFFDB♭CAFB♭AGF
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Staff notation
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About this song
- Melody
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), 1868
- Public domain
- Melody 1868, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Brahms, Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (first edition, N. Simrock, 1868), scans on IMSLP (1868)