Happy Birthday to You Flute Notes with Letters
Letter notes for flute, with the words under each note. Starts G G A G C B.
The notes and words
Key: C major.
GHap-GpyAbirth-GdayCtoByou,
GHap-GpyAbirth-GdayDtoCyou,
GHap-GpyGbirth-Eday,CdearB(name),
AFHap-FpyEbirth-CdayDtoCyou.
Key: G major (the original key).
DHap-DpyEbirth-DdayGtoF♯you,
DHap-DpyEbirth-DdayAtoGyou,
DHap-DpyDbirth-Bday,GdearF♯(name),
ECHap-CpyBbirth-GdayAtoGyou.
Key: F major.
CHap-CpyDbirth-CdayFtoEyou,
CHap-CpyDbirth-CdayGtoFyou,
CHap-CpyCbirth-Aday,FdearE(name),
DB♭Hap-B♭pyAbirth-FdayGtoFyou.
Key: G major.
DHap-DpyEbirth-DdayGtoF♯you,
DHap-DpyEbirth-DdayAtoGyou,
DHap-DpyDbirth-Bday,GdearF♯(name),
ECHap-CpyBbirth-GdayAtoGyou.
Staff notation
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About this song
- Melody
- Mildred J. Hill (1859–1916), 1893
- Words
- Traditional, 1911 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1893, words 1911: first published before 1931.
- Source
- “Good Morning to All”, in Song Stories for the Kindergarten (Clayton F. Summy, 1893), scans on IMSLP (1893)
- Words source
- Words first printed with the tune in The Elementary Worker and His Work (1911); Marya v. Warner/Chappell (C.D. Cal. 2015) found no valid copyright in them, and the 2016 settlement ended in a judgment that the song is public domain
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