Happy Birthday to You Clarinet Notes
Letter notes in the written key for B♭ clarinet, with the words under each note. Starts G G A G C B.
The notes and words
Key: C major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
GHap-GpyAbirth-GdayCtoByou,
GHap-GpyAbirth-GdayDtoCyou,
GHap-GpyGbirth-Eday,CdearB(name),
AFHap-FpyEbirth-CdayDtoCyou.
Key: D major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in C major, so it plays along with a piano in C.
AHap-ApyBbirth-AdayDtoC♯you,
AHap-ApyBbirth-AdayEtoDyou,
AHap-ApyAbirth-F♯day,DdearC♯(name),
BGHap-GpyF♯birth-DdayEtoDyou.
Key: B♭ major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
FHap-FpyGbirth-FdayB♭toAyou,
FHap-FpyGbirth-FdayCtoB♭you,
FHap-FpyFbirth-Dday,B♭dearA(name),
GE♭Hap-E♭pyDbirth-B♭dayCtoB♭you.
Key: F major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in E♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in E♭.
CHap-CpyDbirth-CdayFtoEyou,
CHap-CpyDbirth-CdayGtoFyou,
CHap-CpyC↑birth-Aday,FdearE(name),
DB♭Hap-B♭pyAbirth-FdayGtoFyou.
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Staff notation
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About this song
- Melody
- Mildred J. Hill (1859–1916), 1893
- Words
- Traditional, 1911 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1893, words 1911: first published before 1931.
- Source
- “Good Morning to All”, in Song Stories for the Kindergarten (Clayton F. Summy, 1893), scans on IMSLP (1893)
- Words source
- Words first printed with the tune in The Elementary Worker and His Work (1911); Marya v. Warner/Chappell (C.D. Cal. 2015) found no valid copyright in them, and the 2016 settlement ended in a judgment that the song is public domain
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