The Itsy Bitsy Spider Clarinet Notes
Letter notes in the written key for B♭ clarinet. Starts G C C C D E.
The notes
Key: C major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
GCCCDEECDCCCCCCEGG
GGGGGDDDDGAAAAAAAF
GGGEGEDCCCDEECDCCCC
Key: B♭ major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
FB♭B♭B♭CDDB♭CB♭B♭B♭B♭B♭B♭DFF
FFFFFCCCCFGGGGGGGE♭
FFFDFDCB♭B♭B♭CDDB♭CB♭B♭B♭B♭
Key: D major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in C major, so it plays along with a piano in C.
ADDDEF♯F♯DEDDDDDDF♯AA
AAAAAEEEEAB↑B↑B↑B↑B↑B↑B↑G
AAAF♯AF♯EDDDEF♯F♯DEDDDD
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Key: A major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in G major, so it plays along with a piano in G.
EAAABC♯C♯ABAAAAAAC♯EE
EEEEEBBBBEF♯F♯F♯F♯F♯F♯F♯D
EEEC♯EC♯BAAABC♯C♯ABAAAA
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s clarinet sound, at concert pitch. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
About this song
- Melody
- Traditional (printed as the college song “The Spider and the Spout”), 1928
- Public domain
- Melody 1928, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- The Blue Book of Favorite Songs (Hall & McCreary, 1928), p. 211, “The Spider and the Spout” (college song; melody only) (1928)
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