Happy Birthday to You Kalimba Tabs
Number tabs and letters for kalimba, with the words under each note. Starts 5 5 6 5 1° 7.
The notes and words
Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a kalimba tuned to C.
5GHap-5Gpy6Abirth-5Gday1°Cto7Byou,
5GHap-5Gpy6Abirth-5Gday2°Dto1°Cyou,
5GHap-5Gpy5°Gbirth-3°Eday,1°Cdear7B(name),
6A4°FHap-4°Fpy3°Ebirth-1°Cday2°Dto1°Cyou.
- 5G4
- 6A4
- 7B4
- 1°C5
- 2°D5
- 3°E5
- 4°F5
- 5°G5
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s kalimba sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
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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