Bells & Xylophone Easy

Hot Cross Buns Xylophone Notes with Letters

Letters and boomwhacker colors for bells, xylophone or boomwhackers, with the words under each note. Starts B A G B B A.

Key
G major
Range
G4–B4
Length
19 notes
Melody
1888, public domain

The notes and words

Key: G major, white keys only, so every note is on a C major set.

BHotAcrossGbuns,BOneBaApen-AnyGbuns;

GOneGaGpen-Gny,ATwoAaApen-Any,

BHotAcrossGbuns.

Boomwhacker colors (C major set), always with the letter. Maker’s color list.
  • Gaqua
  • Aviolet
  • Bfuchsia
70%

Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s bells sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes

About this song

Melody
Traditional, 1888
Words
Traditional, 1888 (first verse shown)
Public domain
Melody 1888, words 1888: first published before 1931.
Source
Franklin Square Song Collection No. 5 (Harper & Brothers, 1888), p. 171, “Nursery Songs” no. 2 (1888)

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