The Star-Spangled Banner Recorder Notes with Fingerings
Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder. Starts G E C E G C.
The notes
Key: C major.
GECEGCEDCEF♯GGGEDCBABCCGECGE
CEGCEDCEF♯GGGEDCBABCCGECEE
EFGGFEDEFFFEDCBABCEF♯GGG
CCCBAAADFEDCCBGGCDEFGCDEFDC
- Ccovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- 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
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
Key: D major.
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
- Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- G♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 4, 5, half 6
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- C♯covered: 1, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 5
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2
Key: E♭ major.
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♭
- E♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, half 6
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- E♭covered: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
- A♭covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 4
- B♭covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 5, 6, half 7
Key: F major.
CAFACFAGFABCCCAGFEDEFFCAFCA
FACFAGFABCCCAGFEDEFFCAFAA
AB♭CCB♭AGAB♭B♭B♭AGFEDEFABCCC
FFFEDDDGB♭AGFFECCFGAB♭CFGAB♭GF
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2
- B♭covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 5, 6, half 7
- Ccovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 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
- 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)