Oh! Susanna Clarinet Notes
Letter notes in the written key for B♭ clarinet. Starts C D E G G A.
The notes
Key: C major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
CDEGGAGECDEEDCDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDCCD
EGGAGECDEEDCDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDC
FFAAAGGECDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDC
Key: B♭ major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
B♭CDFFGFDB♭CDDCB♭CB♭C
DFFGFDB♭CDDCCB♭B♭C
DFFGFDB♭CDDCB♭CB♭C
DFFGFDB♭CDDCCB♭
E♭E♭GGGFFDB♭CB♭C
DFFGFDB♭CDDCCB♭
Key: D major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in C major, so it plays along with a piano in C.
DEF♯AAB↑AF♯DEF♯F♯EDEDE
F♯AAB↑AF♯DEF♯F♯EEDDE
F♯AAB↑AF♯DEF♯F♯EDEDE
F♯AAB↑AF♯DEF♯F♯EED
GGB↑B↑B↑AAF♯DEDE
F♯AAB↑AF♯DEF♯F♯EED
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.
ABC♯EEF♯EC♯ABC♯C♯BABAB
C♯EEF♯EC♯ABC♯C♯BBAAB
C♯EEF♯EC♯ABC♯C♯BABAB
C♯EEF♯EC♯ABC♯C♯BBA
DDF♯F♯F♯EEC♯ABAB
C♯EEF♯EC♯ABC♯C♯BBA
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
- 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)