The Star-Spangled Banner Alto Sax Notes
Letter notes in the written key for E♭ alto saxophone. Starts A F♯ D F♯ A D.
The notes
Key: D major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in F major, so it plays along with a piano in F.
AF♯DF♯ADF♯EDF♯G♯AAAF♯EDC♯BC♯DDAF♯DAF♯
DF♯ADF♯EDF♯G♯AAAF♯EDC♯BC♯DDAF♯DF♯F♯
F♯GAAGF♯EF♯GGGF♯EDC♯BC♯DF♯G♯AAA
DDDC♯BBBEGF♯EDDC♯AADEF♯GADEF♯GED
Key: F major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
CAFACFAGFABCCCAGFEDEFFCAFCA
FACFAGFABCCCAGFEDEFFCAFAA
AB♭CCB♭AGAB♭B♭B♭AGFEDEFABCCC
FFFEDDDGB♭AGFFECCFGAB♭CFGAB♭GF
Key: E♭ major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in F♯ major, so it plays along with a piano in F♯.
B♭GE♭GB♭E♭GFE♭GAB♭B♭B♭GFE♭DCDE♭E♭B♭GE♭B♭G
E♭GB♭E♭GFE♭GAB♭B♭B♭GFE♭DCDE♭E♭B♭GE♭GG
GA♭B♭B♭A♭GFGA♭A♭A♭GFE♭DCDE♭GAB♭B♭B♭
E♭E♭E♭DCCCFA♭GFE♭E♭DB♭B♭E♭FGA♭B♭E♭FGA♭FE♭
Key: E major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in G major, so it plays along with a piano in G.
BG♯EG♯BEG♯F♯EG♯A♯BBBG♯F♯ED♯C♯D♯EEBG♯EBG♯
EG♯BEG♯F♯EG♯A♯BBBG♯F♯ED♯C♯D♯EEBG♯EG♯G♯
G♯ABBAG♯F♯G♯AAAG♯F♯ED♯C♯D♯EG♯A♯BBB
EEED♯C♯C♯C♯F♯AG♯F♯EED♯BBEF♯G♯ABEF♯G♯AF♯E
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
- John Stafford Smith (1750–1836), 1778
- Public domain
- Melody 1778, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Franklin Square Song Collection (Harper & Brothers, 1881), p. 65 (1881)