Trumpet Medium

Oh! Susanna Trumpet Notes

Letters and valve numbers for B♭ trumpet. Starts C D E G G A.

Key
C major (written)
Range
C4–A4
Length
85 notes
Melody
1848, public domain

The notes

Key: C major for B♭ trumpet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.

C0D13E12G0G0A12G0E12C0D13E12E12D13C0D13C0D13

E12G0G0A12G0E12C0D13E12E12D13D13C0C0D13

E12G0G0A12G0E12C0D13E12E12D13C0D13C0D13

E12G0G0A12G0E12C0D13E12E12D13D13C0

F1F1A12A12A12G0G0E12C0D13C0D13

E12G0G0A12G0E12C0D13E12E12D13D13C0

Valves to press (0 = open), written pitch.
  • Copen
  • Dvalves 1 + 3
  • Evalves 1 + 2
  • Fvalves 1
  • Gopen
  • Avalves 1 + 2
70%

Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s trumpet 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)

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