Oh! Susanna Recorder Notes
Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder. Starts F G A C C D.
The notes
Key: F major.
FGACCDCAFGAAGFGFG
ACCDCAFGAAGGFFG
ACCDCAFGAAGFGFG
ACCDCAFGAAGGF
B♭B♭DDDCCAFGFG
ACCDCAFGAAGGF
- 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
Key: D major.
DEF♯AABAF♯DEF♯F♯EDEDE
F♯AABAF♯DEF♯F♯EEDDE
F♯AABAF♯DEF♯F♯EDEDE
F♯AABAF♯DEF♯F♯EED
GGBBBAAF♯DEDE
F♯AABAF♯DEF♯F♯EED
- 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
Key: C major.
CDEGGAGECDEEDCDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDCCD
EGGAGECDEEDCDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDC
FFAAAGGECDCD
EGGAGECDEEDDC
- 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
Key: G major (the original key).
GABDDEDBGABBAGAGA
BDDEDBGABBAAGGA
BDDEDBGABBAGAGA
BDDEDBGABBAAG
CCEEEDDBGAGA
BDDEDBGABBAAG
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s recorder sound. 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)