Brahms’ Lullaby
Letter notes in the written key for E♭ alto saxophone. Starts F♯ F♯ A F♯ F♯ A.
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.
F♯F♯AF♯F♯AF♯ADC♯BBAEF♯GEEF♯GEGC♯BAC♯DDD
DBGAF♯DGABADDDDBGAF♯DGF♯ED
Key: F major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
AACAACACFEDDCGAB♭GGAB♭GB♭EDCEFFF
FDB♭CAFB♭CDCFFFFDB♭CAFB♭AGF
Key: E♭ major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in F♯ major, so it plays along with a piano in F♯.
GGB♭GGB♭GB♭E♭DCCB♭FGA♭FFGA♭FA♭DCB♭DE♭E♭E♭
E♭CA♭B♭GE♭A♭B♭CB♭E♭E♭E♭E♭CA♭B♭GE♭A♭GFE♭
Key: G major for E♭ alto saxophone (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
BBDBBDBDGF♯EEDABCAABCACF♯EDF♯GGG
GECDBGCDEDGGGGECDBGCBAG
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
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), 1868
- Public domain
- Melody 1868, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Brahms, Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (first edition, N. Simrock, 1868), scans on IMSLP (1868)