Oh! Susanna Alto Sax Notes
Letter notes in the written key for E♭ alto saxophone. Starts F G A C C D.
The notes
Key: F major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
FGACCDCAFGAAGFGFG
ACCDCAFGAAGGFFG
ACCDCAFGAAGFGFG
ACCDCAFGAAGGF
B♭B♭DDDCCAFGFG
ACCDCAFGAAGGF
Key: G major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
GABDDEDBGABBAGAGA
BDDEDBGABBAAGGA
BDDEDBGABBAGAGA
BDDEDBGABBAAG
CCEEEDDBGAGA
BDDEDBGABBAAG
Key: E major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in G major, so it plays along with a piano in G.
EF♯G♯BBC♯BG♯EF♯G♯G♯F♯EF♯EF♯
G♯BBC♯BG♯EF♯G♯G♯F♯F♯EEF♯
G♯BBC♯BG♯EF♯G♯G♯F♯EF♯EF♯
G♯BBC♯BG♯EF♯G♯G♯F♯F♯E
AAC♯C♯C♯BBG♯EF♯EF♯
G♯BBC♯BG♯EF♯G♯G♯F♯F♯E
Key: C major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in E♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in E♭.
CDEGGAGECDEEDCDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDCCD
EGGAGECDEEDCDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDC
FFAAAGGECDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDC
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s alto sax sound, at concert pitch. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
About this song
- Melody
- Stephen Foster (1826–1864), 1848
- Public domain
- Melody 1848, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Heart Songs Dear to the American People (Chapple, 1909), pp. 172–173, “Oh! Susanna” (1909)