Brahms’ Lullaby
Hole numbers, blow and draw for 10-hole C harmonica. Starts 5 5 6 5 5 6.
The notes
Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a C harmonica without bends.
5E5E6G5E5E6G5E6G7C-7B-6A-6A6G-4D5E-5F-4D-4D5E-5F-4D-5F-7B-6A6G-7B7C4C4C
7C-6A-5F6G5E4C-5F6G-6A6G4C4C4C7C-6A-5F6G5E4C-5F5E-4D4C
- 4blow, C5
- -4draw, D5
- 5blow, E5
- -5draw, F5
- 6blow, G5
- -6draw, A5
- -7draw, B5
- 7blow, C6
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s harmonica sound. 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)